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   Went to an agricultral trade show down here in 1976 with my dad, a WWII Vet, and came to a display with what we first thought were Willys CJ4 military Jeeps. They were very rare down here since the U.S. Military had left here after the war. Turned out they were Indian made copies (Mahindra). Dad starred sllently at them for a long while before we moved along to look at more tractors. Must have stirred memories from his war service.

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	Went to an agricultral trade show down here in 1976 with my dad, a WWII Vet, and came to a display with what we first thought were Willys CJ4 military Jeeps. They were very rare down here since the U.S. Military had left here after the war. Turned out they were Indian made copies (Mahindra). Dad starred sllently at them for a long while before we moved along to look at more tractors. Must have stirred memories from his war service.

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DaveKamp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Location: LeClaire, Ia Points: 5641	Post Options Post Reply Quote DaveKamp Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jul 2021 at 2:40pm
	There were CJ3a and CJ3bs, and CJ5's, and the mil version M38A1... but there was only one Willys Overland CJ-4. It was a prototype. It was skipped over when Kaiser took over from Willys in 1955, pushing the M38A1 rapidly forward to take advantage of the military contracts resulting in the (rapidly cooling) Korean Conflict. Civilian versions of the CJ-5 were ramped up, as they used mostly M38A1 parts. At same time, the stretched version (CJ-6) also went civilian, and camewith the Hurricane (134ci F-head four) up until Kaiser Corp purchased the rights and tooling to manufacture the Buick-designed 'Dauntless' 225ci odd-fire V6. They never offered a six-cyl flathead in the universals, but I wouldn't put it past anyone to pull out the 134ci F-head and slip in a 226ci 6cyl, as they were both Continental "Red Seal" powerplants. I would also NOT be surprised if someone slipped a Willys "Tornado" inline six into an earlier Jeep Universal, although there might've been a little hammer-work required, and mebbie radiator relocation, the performance would have been downright scary. The only CJ-4 'production' was by Mahindra, in India... and that would be totally understandable for any place south of the equator, particularly in NZ and Australia. Edited by DaveKamp - 11 Jul 2021 at 2:42pm
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