Willy Exerciser

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Not only did it become the workhorse of the American military, literally replacing the use of horses and other draft animals (still heavily used in World War I), but also motorcycles (and sidecars) in every role, from messaging and cavalry units to supply trains – but improvised field modifications also made the jeep capable of just about any other function soldiers could think of. The increased appetite also means there's a higher risk of choking on food, so carers are advised to learn what to do if someone is choking. In the first stage, the winning manufacturer(s) were given just seven weeks (49 days), from the moment of awarding the contract, to submit their first fully functional prototype and 75 days for completing 70 test vehicles in total. As the only small car manufacturer in the United States at the time, their design concept was initially to leverage their commercial off-the-shelf components as much as possible. It was now to carry a 660lb (300kg) payload and be powered by an engine capable of 85lb⋅ft (115N⋅m) of torque.

gram up to 4 gram, each weight is size engraved and has a dead central bore which is lined with silicone tube to avoid reel line damage.This was first used in Tunisia, 1943, but became frequent in Italy (1943–1945), and especially necessary in France (1944). Instead of front wheels, the rig got skis, and the front-wheel driveline was omitted, to save cost and weight.

This included a cold-starting stove, crankcase ventilator, primer, hood insulation blanket, radiator blanket, a body enclosure kit, defroster/de-icer, and snow chains. Civilian contractors, engineers, and testers may have related it to Popeye's "Eugene the Jeep" character. After WWII, the original jeep continued to serve, in the Korean War and other conflicts, until it was updated in the form of the M38 Willys MC and M38A1 Willys MD (in 1949 and 1952 respectively), and received a complete redesign by Ford in the form of the 1960-introduced M151 jeep. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.One other particularly influential article may have been the January 1942 full review of the military's new wonder buggy in Scientific American, reprinted as "Meet the Jeep" in Reader's Digest, the best-selling consumer magazine of the day. In early October 1941, it became clear that Willys-Overland could not keep up with procurement needs, and Ford received government contracts to build 30,000 units, [85] according to Willys' blueprints, drawings, specifications, and patents, including the more powerful Willys engine.

The Crosley CT-3 "Pup" prototypes were superlight, one- or two-passenger, but still four-wheel-drive buggies, that were transportable and air-droppable from a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. With some 640,000 units built, [nb 7] the 1⁄ 4‑ton jeeps constituted a quarter of the total military support motor vehicles that the U. They were both Spicer-made, originally Studebaker Champion rear axles, but modified for four-wheel drive use. The idea of the jeep originated with the infantry, which needed a low-profile, powerful vehicle with four-wheel drive and it was turned over to commercial companies (chiefly Bantam, Willys, and Ford) to deliver – the development repeatedly being described as a " design by committee".After the initial design specification of a maximum 1,275lb (578kg) weight had been raised to almost double that in production, to achieve the necessary ruggedness on the main 1⁄ 4‑ton, the Army still wanted a truly lightweight model for airborne missions and use in the jungles of the Pacific theaters. Both the Willys "Quad" and the Ford "Pygmy" prototypes were very similar to the Bantam Pilot and were joined in testing by Bantam's Mark II models. Ford built jeeps with functionally interchangeable parts and components, in part facilitated by using components from common sources: frames from Midland Steel, wheels from Kelsey-Hayes, and axles and transfer cases from Spicer. For communications, jeeps were modified with rear ditch plows and cable laying reels, such as the RL-31 reel unit.

Through a series of corporate takeovers and mergers, AM General Corporation ended up with the rights to use the seven-slot grille. S. Army began standardizing its general-purpose truck chassis types by payload rating, initially in five classes from 1⁄ 2 to 7 + 1⁄ 2 short tons (0.Moreover, lessons were learned, and a second program to develop a cheap, light, nimble multipurpose off-roader, the Volkswagen Kübelwagen, had already started in 1938. In 1942 and 1943, at least five companies proposed designs: Crosley, Chevrolet, Ford, Willys, and Kaiser. S. Army and Defense branches and officers, hoping to sell the idea of a small, lightweight reconnaissance car to someone Army or Defense, getting some much-needed government contract business for his company. S. Federal Trade Commission agreed with American Bantam that the idea of creating the Jeep was originated and developed by American Bantam in collaboration with the U.