The first 25,808 Willys MBs used a welded steel grille very similar
to the Ford GP design, and there were a host of other differences from
the later Willys. These early MBs had "Willys" embossed in the back
panel. In production, the slat-grilles were given running changes until
they finally evolved into the standard stamped-grille MB we know and
love. Around 200 slat-grilles are estimated to survive today, including
this one owned by Reg Hodgson of Edmonton, Alberta, Editor of Army
Motors, the official magazine of the Military Vehicle
Preservation Association. (Reg Hodgson)
Return to the Pictorial History of the Universal
Jeep or the Universal Jeep Timeline,
1942-1986 on The CJ3B Page.
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