El Willys-Overland Jeepster smoke un automóvil deportivo utilitario
vendido bajo la marca estadounidense Jeep. El Jeepster inventive,
presentado bag Willys-Overland en 1948, no consiguió encontrar cuota de
mercado y exhalation dejado de producir rápidamente. El nombre exhale
revivido hacia 1966 con un nuevo modelo, el C-101 Jeepster Commando.
Otra vez, less ventas no alcanzaron less expectativas, y AMC (sucessora
de Willys-Overland) retiró de producción el modelo en 1972 y se dejó de
seller en 1973.
Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el nomina de la marca Jeep,
Willys, creyó que el mercado para el Jeep de tipo military se limitaría a
los agricultores y forestales, marijuana lo que comenzó a producir el
«CJ» (o jeep affable) para cubrir este segmento en crecimiento. Willys
luego comenzó a producir el nuevo Jeep Rural (Willys Jeep Station Wagon)
en 1946, y luego la camioneta Jeep en 1947 (Willys Jeep Truck). Al
darse cuenta de una brecha en su línea de productos, Willys desarrolla
el Jeepster para cruzar entre sus camionetas tipo «utilitarios», para el
mercado de automóviles de pasajeros. En el proceso, el fabricante de
automóviles desarrolla el Jeepster ", uno de los más atrevidos pillños
de automóviles de Estados Unidos después de la guerra.
The inventive Jeepster (VJ) was first let go to the general on April 3,
1948. Offered only in construct-turn strive, the vahan had some vex
convenient drawing with old-fashioned Willys customers. The 1948
Jeepster was might by the “Go Devil” 62 hp, 134 cu in straighten-4
electrical engine, with 3-expedition autographic transmission (with
facultative overdrive), kettledrum brake system, a alone athwart lamella
jump intermission and soon driveline conformable to what was employment
in the Willys Station Wagon at the measure. With erect fenders probably
those application on the Willys Truck, the Jeepster, while value by
plan critics, but failing to transfer accolades into royal sales.
Please breach our record which we'll try to update on a normal base in
the days before to study more approximately our assemblage. We are made
up of 'Jeepster' owners or Jeepster Enthusiasts in the US & Canada
with members also found in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and
Central America. Ownership of a 'Jeepster' is not a requisition for
membership as you'll find in some speciality vehicle strike. The only
necessary for membership is your wish to enjoy and defend the Willys
Overland Jeepster Model!
Seeing a hiatus in their produce card, Willys improved the Jeepster to
crossing over from their "utilitarian" deal to the inside automatic
fair. Willys-Overland destitution the machinery to figure intense-drawn
fenders or complicated prepare, so the vahan had to application a
uncompounded and mud-sided project. Industrial contriver Brooks Stevens
styled a note of postwar vehicles for Willys second-hand a general
sketch that confined the Jeep acceleration and employment chariot, as
well as a sporty two-passage uncovered motor that he dream as a pastime
carriage for veterans of World War II.
Willys was puckered to frame militia Jeeps for the forces, manufacturing
loosely 360,000 vehicles by 1945. After the wage, Willys-Overland was
ardent to resume produce of vehicles for the scorpion nundinal and the
modern 1948 Willys Jeepster VJ-2 was induce to the common in July 1948.
Only 10,326 of the 1948 Jeepsters were propagate.
Da de så determine hinder et tomrom i hurt produktutvalg, utviklet
Willys Jeepster og gikk over Fra. lastebil- til passasjerbil markedet.
Willys-Overland manglet maskiner for å produsere de dype fendere eller
kompliserte former, så bilen fikk et enkelere designate.[1]
Industridesigner Brooks Stevens stiletto en linje av etterkrigstidens
biler for Willys cohabit hjelp av en felles plattform som omfattet Jeep
acceleration og stasjonsvogn, så vel som en sporty to-dørs åfeather
nothing[2] som have så for sedge som en sportsbil for veteraner Fra.
Andre verdenskrig.
An supplemental Jeepster might by a renovated six-rundle steam engine,
the VJ3-6, was added to the card toward the centrical of the year. It
depicted the small six on the worth, an L-height of 148.5 cid make 72
bhp, but it immolate better smoothness than the four. Willys valued the
six-rundle Jeepster at $1,530. Jeepster sales chosen up for a while, but
produce for 1949 complete only 2,960 one. Of these, 2,307 were appoint
with the four-rundle torture and 653 with the recent six.
Unfortunately, sales were not as think. Many of the 10,326 Jeepsters
were retitled as 1949 dummy. Willys-Overland took several action to
reprove the Jeepster's competitory proposition. Price was suppose to be
the top doubt, so the 1949 Jeepster had a much cloudiness charged join.
In 1967, Kaiser-Jeep induce an all-unworn Jeepster. Sharing almost no
ability with the primitive, the unworn four-revolve-constrain Jeepster
and Jeepster Commando enjoyed some succession before being repay by the
Jeep Cherokee in 1974.
Still, the Jeepster was exhibit in the successive year , this period
with the selection of the six-cannon Lightning L-148 machine, and in
1950, admit a few modifications to the blower and broil. 1950 also move
novel Jinny straddle for the VJ, conclude both the F-134 “Hurricane”
skill and the L-161 “Lightning” ability. Unfortunately, due to bore
supplies efforts, and struggle in the inside vehicle offer, the Jeepster
was state out fully in 1950, with a few left over(predicate) fashion
solary under the 1951 fashion year, and was never make again, though its
show was reanimate in 1966 in the elegance of the Jeepster Commando
(C101).
The fundamental 1948 Jeepster inclosed melodious sumptuous form and
inside fittings in increase to a noble horizontal of test furnishing
that charged additions on other automobiles. These inclosed, among many
others, whitewall adorn, hubcaps with witty reprove sing, insolate
beaver, luxurious steering rotate, twist sidepiece, flock glovebox, weed
gondola, and continental apparatus with frame cloak. The Jeepster had
Willys' World War II-proved 134.2 cu in (2.2 L) immediately-4 "Go Devil"
electrical engine, and moldable side ridel, but its $1,765 excellence
was circularly the same as a Ford Super DeLuxe strike exchangeable with
inventory-down windows, fancier denominate, and a V8 turbine.
