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Topic starter
28/07/2022 8:56 pm
Last night I discovered on Youtube some pictures of Willys wagons I had not seen before including some views of wagons on the assembly line at the factory in Toledo where Willys vehicles have always been built. Here are some views in comparison to my US Model Mint and Brooklin models.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
28/07/2022 11:11 pm
What a great set of images David. Nice model but the Toledo shots are the high point of your post. Thank you for this.
29/07/2022 6:53 am
From yet another David who likes the Toledo shots and all the Jeeps:
Industrias Kaiser Argentina
Industrias Kaiser Argentina S.A. or IKA was an Argentine motor company established in 1956 in Córdoba Province as a joint venture with Kaiser Motors of the United States. The automaker produced a variety of Kaiser Jeep vehicles and American Motors (AMC) models, including Argentina's most iconic car, the Torino, before being partnering with France's Renault, which bought it out in 1970.
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The Rural Willys launched in Brazil in 1960 with anew front end and hood with closed mud guards and wider spaced headlights, designed by Brooks Stevens. Some people say the design of the front of the Rural Willys was inspired by the lines of the Brazilian government palaces in Brasilia. The above figure is from a Willys printed advertizement from the time of launch, and you can observe six passengers with three in the front and three in the back. Besides being a heavy work utility vehicle, the Rural Willys was also sold as a family car in Brasil and in the United States. The body design shown above remained the same and unchanged for 17 years until the end of its production in Brazil in 1977. |
29/07/2022 9:03 am
Bringing up a touchy subject for some....
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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Topic starter
29/07/2022 10:50 am
Thanks, John, for that great video. Our family had two Willys station wagons when I was growing up, a ‘52 and later a ‘57. My father taught me early on that the correct way way to pronounce the name was as in the video.
Behind the wheel of my father’s ‘52 Willys station wagon c. 1953
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
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