1942 Ford GPW Jeep

Vehicle Original VIN : GPW20104 The importance of the original jeep in WWII might not ever really be understood and by Wars end almost 650,000 had already been built. Entering Europe and joing the occupation to destroy German was inevetable by 1940 and the US Army sent specs of a small 1/4 ton 4x4 light military truck that was rugged and durable to 135 US manufacturers and onlyu 2 bids came back. One from Willys Overland and the other from Bantam. Both were dismissed for various reasons but in 1941 Both Ford and Willys would design there own and present to the Government.