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07-16-2016, 07:02 AM | #1 |
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my first auto when i was 16 (along time ago) was a 1945 jeep. it had a willys logo on the body and ford on the hood. i had some tranny problems and found the transfer case had a smaller diameter middle shaft than the willys one. ford must have cut some corners. evedently ford didn't exactly copy the willys design. i suspect the jeep i had was pieced together with war surplus parts. i sure got a lot of mechanic experence trying to keep that thing running.
if anyone is interested there is a documentry on youtube on the history of jeep from early development to later civilian sales. very interesting if you have about an hour to kill. |
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The first reconnaissance car (later called jeep) was built by Bantam. The gov then requested prototypes (meeting design requirements) to be submitted by auto manufactures. Willys, Bantam and Ford submitted their samples for testing. The Willys patern was chosen. During the war about 600,000 jeeps were built more than half by Willys. The Ford built jeeps had a Ford F on all bolt heads and stamped on most parts. Ford wanted the advertising to GIs and to not have their vehicles confused with the Willys vehicles although all parts were interchangeable. The Ford chassis was overweight and different from the Willys chassis. As a result the Ford vehicles exceeded the weight requirement more than Willys. Willys got the first big contract then Ford got a contract.
Bantam was not chosen to build jeeps but was chosen to build jeep trailers. At the time Bantam was a smaller company and not expected to be able to produce as many vehicles as were needed. The engine used was a flathead 4 cyl. I'm not sure about the transmission being from the Model A but it looked very similar in size with a transfer case bolted on the back. The Model A clutch disk will fit the jeep trans. Both vehicles have clever and simple designs and have lasted longer then expected. |
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There was/is a guy in Texas who has acres of those trailers and other military surplus vehicles, try getting one for less that $2000.00. The article said, "oldest existing Jeep"....Bantam was the first to build one for sure but....there is a restored Bantam in the UK today.
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The transmission is no where close to the jeeps. The jeep was a Willys design and came out of their sedan cars. It was synchro mesh 2nd & third. Not a strong design however, it's brother a few years later the T-90, was much stronger. |
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I need to do some reading, but I believe all 3 makers (Ford, bantam, and Willys) went through several generations. All made multiple prototypes for study by the military, then there were fairly small numbers of true Ford and Bantams purchased and put into service.
I believe that the first jeeps in actions were these semi-production Bantams (Continental powered, as Bantam engines were far too small to consider) sent to the British army in Egypt. The Ford and Bantam models were dropped after the first purchase, which I think was in low hundreds of vehicles. There was also an intermediate Willys in this period, very close to the final model but with visible difference...also rare but briefly purchased. After all this stirring around the familiar MB Willys, containing features gleaned from all the experiments, was standardized along with its near clone Ford GPW and both were of course produced in large numbers. |
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You guys know a lot about the history of the jeep for WWII. Glad to hear it!
I hope you don't mind me mentioning a few more things you already know but I just want to let other Model A people know that there is another historic, cleverly designed, simple, vehicle if they ever would like to get interested in another journey to explore and restore. The WWII jeep is another 45 mph vehicle that will go faster, but not for long. There are clubs locally and nationally (MVPA) to discover. There are restored Bantam jeeps, Willys MA and MB, Ford GP and GPW and a full line of repo parts. It would probably be better to find one that is done and improve it. The link below contains some history about the jeep but is overly slanted to the Ford jeeps. "Pigmy" was a nick name for an early vehicle submitted by Ford for evaluation. It was officially called the Ford GP if I am not mistaken and it was evaluated along with the earlier Willys MA. The final names were MB and GPW although they were known as just "jeeps" to everyone. My point here is that Ford did not develop the vehicle by itself. Again the final pattern chosen was the Willys http://www.recoilweb.com/commemorati...ys-104477.html |
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i have heard that the ford jeeps were supposed to have interchangeable part, but the intermediate shaft on my transfer case was definitely smaller than the willys one. there was a local garage here that worked on jeeps and he found me a used shaft that was better than mine. i'll bet there were other variations as well between the manufacturers. i don't remember any ford logo on parts, but i was only 16 at the tine and knew very little about such things. it was all i could do to keep that thing running driving like H... and knowing little about maintenance, had a lot of fun thoug.
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Image below is of the 42 Ford GPW referenced. Last edited by Capt Quahog; 07-20-2016 at 09:05 AM. |
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Cruising off road and through the woods at five mph making your own road is a lot more fun than doing 60 mph on the highway. I've been told the Model A did pretty well off road back in the day too. With the tall tires, high clearance and that low first gear with that heavy flywheel I would think it would do pretty good.
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oh dont get me wrong I'd love to have a ww2 era jeep and actually go off road but around here that means driving an hour+ to be able to do that legally...
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Back in the mid '50's, my Dad borrowed a Jeep to do some work around our church. When I saw the Ford script on the back, I just had to have one. Never happened -- got a Model A instead.
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I have an unused cluster gear that came with a tag reading Ford-GP-A-3113. It has the same dimensions as the Model-A cluster gear. I found it an estate sale of a guy that was into old Jeeps years ago. Maybe this is from one of the prototype Ford Jeeps?
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You make me wonder?
Somebody on here mentioned the A transmission was modified for the Willys which had synchromesh. The clutch disk is interchangeable and probably the cluster gear is the same as posted above. Would the Willys syncromesh parts fit in the Ford box? Someone said the ford tranny would not be strong enough for the Jeep, but when the transfer case is bolted behind the Willys transmission a lot of the stress on the transmission would be moved to the transfer case gears. So, if the gears in both boxes were the same, would the Willys syncro parts fit the Model A gears? And would they fit in the Model A box? Is that how those Model A syncromesh transmissions are put together? |
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