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20 New Kaiser Willys Blog Members!

Posted on February 25, 2015 by admin | 0 Comments

Here are 20 of the newest members of the Kaiser Willys Blog!! It’s been a great start to this new year and we are excited to see what spring will bring us! We enjoy hearing stories and seeing pictures of your Willys Jeep vehicles and sharing them with others! If you would like to have your Willys or Jeep photos posted to…

Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 215

Posted on February 23, 2015 by admin | 3 Comments

215: Alain Lutz’ 1959 Willys-Hotchkiss I bought that Jeep from the French Army on a public auction in 1976. Six years after using it every single day, all year long, I decided to make my own steel hardtop for it. My hardtop has been on my car since 1981. I have produced ten hardtops mainly for German Jeep owners. – Alain…

A Lifetime of Willys Jeeps

Posted on February 18, 2015 by admin | 12 Comments

~Story sent by Vaughn Becker My love affair with Jeeps started just after 27th June 1950 when my father called at the local hospital to pick up my mother and I to take us home in his 1943 GPW Jeep. Dad had won a contract in 1946 from the Post Master-General’s Department to deliver mail to cattle grazing properties to…

Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 214

Posted on February 16, 2015 by admin | 1 Comments

214: Patrick Moreillon’s 1957 CJ-5 My CJ-5 Universal was first registered on February 18th, 1957 on the Swiss Federal car registry, apparently bought new as a civil car by a Farmer located in Valais (Swiss mountainous region). Since it seems I am the 3rd owner of this little beauty. The original colour was “President Red”, but obviously got repainted in…

Cupid drives a Willys Jeep…

Posted on February 11, 2015 by admin | 0 Comments

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, we’d like to celebrate some of our favorite Willys Jeep couples with whom we’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths! WARNING – this might get a little mushy. There’s no love lost here – and we THINK the Jeep might have a little something to do with it. Just saying… We hope everyone has…

Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 213

Posted on February 9, 2015 by admin | 3 Comments

213: Ryan Smelley’s 1946 Willys CJ-2A 1946 CJ-2A fully restored. All original except, 12volt conversion, 15 inch rims with 30×9.5 tires, turn signals, and locking hubs. It’s painted with Durabak liner. When I found the jeep it was almost completely diassembled and had a tree growing through the frame and driver floor board. I did some welding for a guy and got the Jeep. I…

The Time Old Classic Story – A Boy and his CJ-5 Jeep

Posted on February 4, 2015 by admin | 7 Comments

The story behind my Jeep is a time-old classic one. I’m a fifteen year old boy, and this is my first vehicle, a milestone in my life. My Jeep is a 1966 CJ-5 that has 36,000 original miles that came with an original snow plow. All my life I’ve grown up hearing stories from my father, my grandfather, and my…