1942 Ford GPW Jeep Willys WWII

Driving our 1942 Ford GPW Jeep off road

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• Jeep
• 1942
• Ford
• GPW
• Willys
• MB
• WWII
• WW2
• off
• road

[Orttymonster1]

My grandfather fought in the Korean war and according to him the Ford Jeeps were more reliable than the Willys Jeeps. The Willys tended to break down often and get stuck in the korean jungles.

[MattandT]

We love our Ford but would be happy with a Willys as well. They are fun to drive. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[BeboAltizer]

do the fords and the willys use the same engine?

[MattandT]

The Ford and Willys are basically the same engine with parts being interchangeable but make no mistake that Ford and Willys made their own of each. Ford put F's all over what they made. But other than markings for the most part they are the same engine. Proud GPW owner.

[mikeg576]

just watched all your jeep vids. great footage make more!

[MattandT]

Mike, thanks for the comments. We will make more videos soon for you. Thanks for asking since we wouldn't make anymore for a while. Thanks again as the comments keep us moving along.

[SplendaLover]

Ass, Cash, or Guns.....no one rides for free!!!!! Nice to see that ol' clunker up and running!!!! Now drive it like ya stole it!!!!!!

[dekjhart]

great jeep liked the video also...hope to have some videos of my 46 CJ2A up soon also

[playingwithfirehurts]

god damn, i love me some tranny whine

[yamaha7227]

proud owner of an all matching numbers 1942 willys mb!! with original bill of sale and original title!!! plus tons of original parts.

[carlreich]

@darkwoodsoutdoors Yes, it's as close to original as possible. Missing some hardware for the top and the tires are 7.00 instead of the 6.00 that are supposed to be on here but it's just rubber right. The Jeep will never win a contest as we kept all the original metal and patched with new metal. Others just get copies and throw out the old metal. Screw that.

[Thekanishk17]

cool rid

[Neroscot]

THIS JEEP IS HISTORY ! BUT... BREAKING KNEES !

[hardtackjack]

Awesome! Mine just needs a little love. (And needs to have the STP and other racing decals taken off of it haha.)

[darkwoodsoutdoors]

When they got to 80 inches (jeep size) they were at 'P'. When they were forced/asked to build jeeps using Willys design - they added a 'W' to it. I wish Webster & all the dictionaries & encyclopedias, and 4x4 mags would stop the mis-information. They keep qouteing each other as sources, and the first guy was WRONG. Oh, yes, I have the 1941 documents to prove it. The army never even called it a jeep, officially it was 'Truck, 1/4 ton'.

[darkwoodsoutdoors]

GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' !!! THIS IS THE MIS-INFO. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time.

[darkwoodsoutdoors]

'Jeep' does come from slurring the letters GP. In WWII the Ford built jeeps were built in two versions.

1) the Ford prototype design called GP. (very rare only 3200 built, about 350 survive around the world). It (the GP) lost the army's contest to Willys (MA, version 'A').

2) The army asked Ford to build copies of the improved jeep Willys (MB, version 'B') had designed. Using Willys blueprints. This copy was called the GPW. (350,000 or so built).

[darkwoodsoutdoors]

IS your Ford/Willys as close to org as possible? My father had one we were restoring about 30 yrs ago, he took it to FA when he moved 25 years ago he had to sell it because of some kind of association rules where he lived in Orlando area.