The Ford Barn

larry harding · 07-17-2016, 08:13 AM

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.

07-17-2016, 08:13 AM	#3
larry harding Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: western n.c. Posts: 452	Re: First Jeep was a Ford with...... 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.