The History of my Hotchkiss Willys M201 Jeep

 

Exciting news folks regarding the history of my Willys Jeep!

So rewinding back I could not find out why my jeep did not have the usual French Government contract numbers from when it was produced - a MALT number and other details , and why it is actually blue underneath? all was revealed after some Google translate and questions I asked were answered on a French M201 Facebook page

Watch this!...

So there you go, my Jeep was actually produced in 1969 not 1965 as the UK logbook states, and it is the 5th last EVER produced Willys MB...

Think about that out of nearly 650,000 WW2 Jeeps - half of which are Willys MB`s (other half Ford GPW`s) then 27,300 odd French manufactured Willys MB`s (under licence) it is one of the last, 

One of 6 known Civilian French Willys MB`s - a C201,  and the only C201 in the UK!

Cool eh?

I am not selling it, painting it blue, or probably not painting it sand a s a lot of work to do...

But keep using it and enjoying it...

It was a dream come true to own a Willys Jeep and I want to keep that dream alive and live it...

More soon...

Lets paint the Willys Jeep!

 

Willys Jeep detective work...

 

Willys Jeep; Steering Knuckle replacement

 Another good job done this winter was replace a Steering Knuckle which had stripped threads, Always quite hard to film while fixing things and not get a camera lens covered in grease or oil! but managed to cobble something together which should be of use to someone having a similar problem...

Part 1

And Part 2

More soon...

Willys Jeep new Windscreen glass fitted!

 

Fun and games fitting new glass today to the Willys Jeep,

Roll the pics, and the film will explain how difficult what should be a simple job actually was!, but what a difference! roll on sunset drives now where I can actually see where I'm

Film of it all...

More soon...

Willys Jeeps! Snow Patrol!

 

Back in December we got a cold snap with ice in Dunbar, however up on the eastern Lammermuir Hills was a dumping of about 5 inches of lovely snow and I drove up to see farmer Chris and we got out a drive in the Jeeps!, it was magical!

Roll the pics and 3 films!...