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Originally Posted by anjan_c2007 The 4x4 version was like any Willys jeep (there was no 2WD jeep then). |
Original Two-wheel-drive Jeeps from 1955 to 1982
The Willys DJ-3A Dispatcher (1955–1964) was a two wheel drive version of the CJ-3A, designed for lighter-duty work not requiring 4x4.
There was even a version made in 1959 called Jeep "Surrey" a.k.a. "Gala". These 2WD Jeeps came in pink or cyan or green, with matching rosepink+coralpink or cyan+white or green+white striped canvas tops.
The next one was the Willys DJ-5 "Dispatcher 100" (1965–1967), a two wheel drive version of the CJ-5.
US Mail Jeeps
The white post office Jeeps in the USA, Willys DJ-5A (1968–1970), were DJ-5 with a hardtop body and right hand drive, so that the postman could drive up to the mailbox and deliver the mail. From 1970-76 the postal 2WD Jeep got a 6-cylinder engine. In 1976, it was powered by a silent electric motor and batteries and called the DJ-5E Electruck. In 1979 they were made with a Volkswagen 2 litre engine and the final model DJ-5L was made in 1982 with a Pontiac 4 cylinder 2.5 litre engine. So much for original US-made two wheel drive Jeeps.
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Originally Posted by anjan_c2007 Many of us may not know but the fact is that Mahindra and Mahindra mated the Hurricane engine (petrol) and gearbox and made it available with this Station Wagon body introduced sometime in 1978.
It was the second coming for the Willys kind of Station Wagon. The body was a bit crude here and was not like the old American one. |
The Willys Station Wagon was discontinued in 1965.
anjan_c2007, maybe you're refering to the Mahindra Town-&-Country Wagonette. That ugly contraption was a CJ-3B based long-wheelbase metal body station wagon.
It had nothing whatsoever to do with the Willys Jeep Station Wagon. The Willys wagon was the world's first mass-market all-steel (as in non-woodie) SUV. It was designed in 1946 by Brooks Stevens and made until 1965.
From 1946 onwards it had the L4/134 Go Devil engine which we're familiar with from the World war two, Willys MB military Jeep. However, in 1950 it got the F-134 Hurricane engine. This engine was in the Willys Wagon until 1965.
My uncle had such a Willys right-hand-drive wagon with chrome hubcaps and white-wall tires in Bhopal in 1971. It was white and very sparingly used. It was cleaned and polished more than it was driven.
We in the family used to call it "white elephant". I remember that all OEM Willys rubber matting was complete, clean and unworn.
It had a white bakelite two spoke steering wheel with a black boss defined by bright rings and in the centre was Willys big curvy "W" logo.
The same logo was on the chrome bonnet ornament, and embellished in red on the chrome hubcaps.
I distinctly remember the unusual goose neck pedals with circular rubber pads with a concentric ring pattern. There was a characteristic Willys wagon interior odor that still lurks in memories.
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