Willys MB 'Jeep'

Willys MB 'Jeep' in Et vive la liberté!, Movie, 1978

Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
sikkunt ◊ 2016-11-04 11:18	Willys Jeep
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2016-11-04 11:54	What makes this a Hotchkiss rather than a Willys, a Ford or a mongrel assembled from reconditioned parts? Quote Immediately after the war the French government acquired about 22,000 MB & GPW jeeps from the American government to re-establish its army. Only about half of these were in good usable order. The jeeps were either purchased as 'War Surplus' or supplied under 'Lend-Lease' arrangements. Others were simply recovered as badly damaged scrap vehicles which had been abandoned. In 1946 the workshops of E.R.G.M.( Etablissement de Réserve Générale du Matériel Automobile) at La Maltournée near Paris began the task of repairing and rebuilding the jeep stock. In reality it was not just a workshop but a factory complete with a production line for assembling 'like new' jeeps from refurbished parts. This work continued until 1978 and the jeeps it produced contained an ever greater mix of Ford, Willys & Hotchkiss parts as time went on resulting in much confusion about the identity of so many French army jeeps. http://www.m201.com/ITM/ITM.htm
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-04 13:29
4x4peru ◊ 2016-11-04 16:27	Based on what is visible there is no indication this is a Hotchkiss rather than a Willys MB. Of course it could be but key features to the Hotchkiss would be relocated windshield supports & hold down latches, additional front marker lights, or dual radio aerials.