1944 Willys MB Jeep Review - The Car That Helped Us Win WW2!
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:29 - The History Of The Military Jeep
3:27 - Engine / Transmission
4:45 - Interior
6:43 - BFB Test
6:55 - Seats / Fuel Tank
7:20 - Back Seats
8:12 - Exterior
9:50 - Final Thoughts
12:10 - Outro - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
900 cars you've reviewed?
Man I'm not sure how long you can keep this blazing pace up, but you're already prolific.
Wishing you 900 more and beyond, love your work!
You know Zach, you should do an episode on your favorite episodes you’ve done over the years. I would love to see that.
I’d love to see it
Kilroy was here ..., (OUO) ,...
James J. Kilroy (1902-1962), an American shipyard inspector, as the man behind the signature.
By Richard W. O’Donnell
During the war, Kilroy worked as a checker at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. His job was to go around and check on the number of rivets completed. Riveters were on piece work and got paid by the rivet. Kilroy would count a block of rivets and put a check mark in chalk, so the rivets wouldn’t be counted twice. When he went off duty, the riveters would erase the mark. Later on, another checker would come through and count the rivets a second time, resulting in double pay for the riveters.
One day Kilroy’s boss called him into his office. The foreman was upset about all the wages being paid to riveters, and asked Kilroy to investigate. It was then that he realized what had been going on.
The tight spaces he had a crawl in to check the rivets didn’t lend themselves to lugging around a paint can and brush, so Kilroy decided to stick with the chalk. He continued to put his check mark on each job he inspected, but he added “Kilroy was here” in king-size letters next to the check. Once he did that, the riveters stopped wiping away his marks.
Ordinarily the rivets and chalk marks would have been covered up with paint. With war on, however, ships were leaving the Quincy yard so fast that there wasn’t time to paint them.
As a result, Kilroy’s inspection “trademark” was seen by thousands of servicemen who boarded the troopships the yard produced. His message apparently rang a bell with these servicemen, because they picked it up and spread it all over Europe and the South Pacific. Before the war’s end, "Kilroy” had been here, there, and everywhere on the long haul to Berlin and Tokyo. Along the way, someone added the sketch of the chap with the long nose peering over the fence, and that became part of the Kilroy message.
Kilroy was here ..., (OUO) ,...
Im lucky enough to have a Willys MB here in England , love her to bits . 'Bella' wows the crowds at shows etc but we take her to get the weekly shopping as well :)
Congratulations from Indonesia on the 900th car review milestone, Zack!
Also, I really love this review so much. It's always nice to see people preserving these vintage cars like this Willys MB.^^
You gave that Jeep the proper respect it deserves. Well done.
The fading stencils under the hood/bonnet of my original 1942 Willys MB are as follows..." Truck 1/4 ton U.S. This amazing vehicle is therefore a truck.......not a car. Good video. Greetings from Australia.
Les Griffiths
I been in the US army since 2010, rode many hmmwv but never a jeep. I see now that the the Guage cluster, steering wheel, turn signal stick, seat cushion are either exactly the same as the hmmwv or similar. Now we are slowing starting to replace hmmwv with mrap, I am an avenger operator so we will probably be some of the last soldiers to drive hmmwv (I'm tracking they stop producing them).
Mrap has about nothing physically in common with the jeep.
This one did feel special! Such a cool unique vehicle with a great story
The leftover jeeps in the philippines were turned into Jeepneys basically little buses they use to this day. you might be able to find one in Chicago not sure. theres only a few in the us
Not a car. A truck. The WW2 Jeep is classified as a one and quarter ton truck with quarter ton carry capacity.
Ooohhhhh wow 😂
Car means automobile. A truck is a car. Cry about it.
Akshually 🤓
Congrats on 900! It's great how you'll review anything and everything (as long as it doesn't require a specialized license). It's incredible how you have so much variety. Doug reviewing the latest most limited $3M Lamboclarenarri is less interesting than you finding a legendary Jeep. The MB and GPA were key to winning the war. Interestingly, the Germans had the Kubelwagen (VW Beetle based, basically a Thing predecessor). It was 2WD but because of the light weight, flat body, and good traction it could slide over things easily.
Blackout lights are interesting. The first click turns on two marker lights with two slits each up front and two marker lights with four slits each in the back. You can tell if you're too close, too far, or just right by how many individual lights you can pick out. There is also a small white slit for braking which would be on the right taillight, on this Jeep it has been swapped out for a standard brake light. The second slit turns on that hooded light on the fender. It casts light just past the bumper so you can see the Jeep in front or someone walking along but can't be directly seen. You wouldn't go faster than walking pace in a pitch-black convoy and your eyes have to be fully dark adjusted.
The M38 and M38A1 weren't that different from the CJs but you have to try to find a Ford M151 MUTT. Independent suspension and a unibody. They had some handling issues so they weren't officially sold as surplus but a few escaped. The M422 Mighty Mite is super rare, good luck finding one.
I drove an Altima for a few weeks. Despite my best efforts I still felt like I had to drive like an Altima driver. It's the car, I tell you.
Way to go Zack, you are one of the top reviewers in my opinion, you rank up with guys much older and seasoned because of your particular perspective that is lacking in most folks under 50 years old....keep up the fantastic work my man.
Love your channel Zack! Keep the unique and rare vehicles coming
Congratulations on 900🎉
Sucha beautiful WW2 jeep. Someone put great love and care into restoring it. Although Western Allied forces didn’t get as far as Poland.
Congratulations on 900!!
I had the pleasure of meeting Matt at the Chicago Auto Show. He saw my Willys on display - and through your video we connected.
900 vids! Your content is awesome Zack. . .please keep'em coming!
what about the jeep caused you to climax the most?
I assumed the biggest threat to American vehicles would have been the Honda civic
The electric car
If the gas tank is fully accessible from the interior then you can fill it up without leaving your car!
That's cool and I was searching for this kind of thing but Google didn't find anything.
Very enjoyable Willys review :). Thanks for making it.
Thats a cool review man...thanks for sharing
Great video!
The most beautiful and reliable car ever produced by mankind. Love it❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍😎
Congratulations on 900 reviews
It's amazing that a young man like you has already driven at least 900 different cars! Truly amazing.
LOVED this episode!
I feel like I've seen the jeep at events but I can't remember where
Love from a 43 GPW owner
They had a purpose. A novelty in today's world. Jeeps are great I had a 99 TJ sport. I would drive it for twelve hours on the highway, then two rutter to where I almost wanted to go, then literally off-road it to my fishing spot. I would put plywood under the tires to keep it from sinking too much.
Technically, this was not considered to be a car, but *1/4-ton, 4X4 truck.* By 1944, as it is an MB model, it was manufactured by Willys-Overland. If it was a GPW model all parts would have been interchangable but manufactured by Ford.
That was a very well done episode. Great job.
Great video...
GREATER WILLY JEEP!
I like to try to imagine young men who had never even seen a four-wheeil-drive vehicle getting into one of these and learning where it could go.
Im not even american
but american classic jeep design is.... Perfection
I like the back side of the his model a lot because it's comes with a rear tail tires & jerrycan which is the only model have this option.
I was planning to do that on my jeep but no way you can do that as there is no space enough to do that, as what I see on this model there is no rear door.
Fun fact: the Soviet WW2 jeep clone, the GAZ-67, was designed in under 2 months when the People's Commisar of medium machinery showed a picture of Bantam's Jeep to the head designer of GAZ and basically said "I want that thing"
I always admire the Willy’s. I still have one at home to rebuild back.
Can we just take a moment to recognize the other piece of history in this video. At 7:51, the Wilhelm scream! 😅
That is a badass ride
This was great!
My favorite thing about these is the combination of good speed, acceleration, and complete lack of saftey equipment
I wish you had mentioned the Willys licensed Jeeps of Mitsubishi, Hotchkiss, and Mahandra.
Bonjour à vous, très belle jeep...mais je n ai pas l'impression que la caisse est d' origine ??? J'ai personnellement une jeep de 1944 et ce véhicule n'a pas d'encoche au tableau de bord ( en haut à côté du frein à main )et il n'y a pas de trous pour les rivets à pression pour les portes ? Cordialement Thierry
Just beautiful 💯
The 1945 Willy is the ideal addition to anyone's collection of war memorabilia. Just picture it in your mancave, next to your curated collection of bayonets, and unexploded grenades. Of course it's still functional, but you're not actually going to charge into combat with it... Are you?
Love the altima joke.. I hate Nissan drivers
Could’ve been a Prius
Most iconic car ever
Ooo congrats
You want to review a funky, post-war Jeep-based vehicle? Scoot on over to the PI and get a load of the Jeepney. Acid trips on wheels, brother.
9:42 which m1!? There are a million m1s!
Yes i know he probably ment the m1 garand.
There was a LOT of WW2 US army equipment named the M1 (something)
Il aurait fallu l'inventer si elle n'avait pas existé, cette p'tite MERVEILLE !
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What city are you in ?? It looks beautiful
BEST JEEP EVER MADE
Is it for sale?
A wonderful pise of machinery.
Ya love to see it
wowwww 900 cars review............
10:22 that’s not how Toyota developed the Land Cruiser. Nor the Land Rover
Ford wouldn't do warranty repairs without the Ford stamp.
Henry ford was also extremely racist and supported the nazis.
Toyota had their own 4x4 in ww2
How about how white flight created the SUV.
Came back from school
It's really irking me that it says Jeep on the head/valve cover. In 1944, the brand didn't exist yet
im restoring a 1989 GMC 4x4 3/4 ton truck i want to have it painted this green
C que du BONHEUR pour les YEUX.....
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Ww2 Jeep 🎉
Only 100 until 1000 reviews
I like you bro
Beratus ratus tahniah from Malaysia after beyond thousand reviews its beribu ribu tahniah
Gov can't tell Ford what to do with its own products?? In the 40s? TF
Germans still had some horses in WW2.
I want but this jeeb ,
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Ull need more then that jeep to cover this nations bull shyt
Here soon we'll get to know the war vehicle used in WW3
Land Rover was never based on Jeep ) What absurd are you saying
"The car ..."? Really?
Who teach you history? US army never went to Poland diuring 2 WW
Ты жрать меньше пробывал? А что джип под тобой разваливается.