What does the Willys Pickup & Station Wagon have in common with the Willys MA & Bantam BRC40 ?

[19474t10939]

What does the Willys Pickup & Station Wagon have in common with the 2 military prototypes Willys MA & Bantam BRC40 that NO OTHER Jeep models ever produced had ? See piks. You guys probably already knew this. I always knew what the Bantams & Willys MA looked like, and knew what the Pickups and Wagons looked like, but it never dawned on me till just recently that these models had this in common. I think it's way more than cool that Willys incorporated these prototype body features in these particular models, that were not in any other Jeep models ever produced !

 

[edudley]

Here are some BRC 40 pics. I worked with one a couple years ago.

 

[19474t10939]

Wow, an awful lot of serious Love & time invested in that. Very nice. Holy cow, the rubber brake and clutch foot pads even look EXACTLY like the Pickup & Wagons ! ! !

 

[Big Dog Frank]

The life expectancy of a military Jeep was very short during the war. For example the estimated life expectancy of a CCKW on D day,if it made it ashore, was 13 minutes. So I would say that post war vehicles were built to last a little longer.

 

[19474t10939]

Hey Big Dog Frank, how in the heck are you buddy ? Long time no hear ! ! I dig that "username" of yours.

 

[Big Dog Frank]

In case you wondered where I got Big Dog from here it is, 2000 Big Dog Prosport one off custom.

 

[19474t10939]

Very nice looking Frank.