Willys knew that the Army would want an improved model and started
development of the MA even as the Quad was being tested. In the
three-way deal, 1,500 MA's were ordered. The MA was definitley an
evolutionary vehicle. Very much different than the later MB, the MA
featured a column shift and a host of other detail changes that put it
between the Quad and the MB. The basic drivetrain was still the Warner
Gear and Spicer components of the Quad, Ford and Bantam. The MA is the
least common of the pre-production Willys, with only about 30 examples
known to exist of the 1,553 originally built; most were sent to Russia
under Lend-Lease. This MA belongs to the Alabama Center for Military
History. (Alabama Center for Military History)
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