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Then Came the CJ – the First Civilian Jeep
The first Jeep was fostered and conceived in Butler, PA, by the American Bantam Car Company. Willys would shortly thereafter win the Army’s primary contact for building the Willys (the MB) with Ford also receiving a contract to build the vehicle (the GPW) during WW II. From 1941 to 1945 over 700,000 of these vehicles were built by the two companies. The Willys would then go through a transition into a civilian... (posted by Al Overn 5 years 325 days ago.)
The first Jeep was fostered and conceived in Butler, PA, by the American Bantam Car Company. Willys would shortly thereafter win the Army’s primary contact for building the Willys (the MB) with Ford also receiving a contract to build the vehicle (the GPW) during WW II. From 1941 to 1945 over 700,000 of these vehicles were built by the two companies. The Willys would then go through a transition into a civilian... (posted by Al Overn 5 years 325 days ago.)
Benefits of Lifting Your Jeep
Why lift your Jeep? More height means more clearance for dealing with obstacles while offroading. It allows you to run larger tires, which also helps with conquering offroad challenges. Still another reason is that many folks just feel that a lifted Jeep with larger tires looks better, and I certainly agree with them. The added height and larger tires just give a Jeep a better more pronounced profile (posted by Al Overn 6 years 3 days ago.)
Why lift your Jeep? More height means more clearance for dealing with obstacles while offroading. It allows you to run larger tires, which also helps with conquering offroad challenges. Still another reason is that many folks just feel that a lifted Jeep with larger tires looks better, and I certainly agree with them. The added height and larger tires just give a Jeep a better more pronounced profile (posted by Al Overn 6 years 3 days ago.)
A Brief History About The Original Jeep
While the Jeep is famous in its history of serving the US military there is some misunderstanding concerning who created the original Jeep. Many incorrectly attribute the development of the first Jeep to Willys. The true inspiration of the first Jeep design came from a small and relatively unknown company by the name of the American Bantam Car Company based in Butler, PA. The American Bantam Car Company was... (posted by Al Overn 6 years 102 days ago.)
While the Jeep is famous in its history of serving the US military there is some misunderstanding concerning who created the original Jeep. Many incorrectly attribute the development of the first Jeep to Willys. The true inspiration of the first Jeep design came from a small and relatively unknown company by the name of the American Bantam Car Company based in Butler, PA. The American Bantam Car Company was... (posted by Al Overn 6 years 102 days ago.)
New Jeep Commander Receives Warm Welcome
In spite of reported over-all declining sales in SUVs, Jeep has seen its two largest entries into this Auto segment enjoying surprising results for the month of October 2005. As reported in the article “ Topic: Big trouble for big SUVs: Sales and prices of used-utes continue to slide ” in an edition of the Automotive News, "Prices are falling, and they are falling fast," Webb says. Sales of new... (posted by Al Overn 6 years 179 days ago.)
In spite of reported over-all declining sales in SUVs, Jeep has seen its two largest entries into this Auto segment enjoying surprising results for the month of October 2005. As reported in the article “ Topic: Big trouble for big SUVs: Sales and prices of used-utes continue to slide ” in an edition of the Automotive News, "Prices are falling, and they are falling fast," Webb says. Sales of new... (posted by Al Overn 6 years 179 days ago.)
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