Three companies competed for the contract: Willys-Overland, American Bantam Car Manufacturing and Ford Motor Co. After some initial testing each company was asked to produce 1,500 copies of its entry.
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 The original MA is, today, the rarest of Jeeps
Answering the call In the summer of 1940, the U.S. Army sent out a request for a small, lightweight rectangular vehicle with four-wheel drive and a fold-down windshield. With war looming, the military needed a vehicle that could do what the Ford Model T had done in World War I: provide basic, flexible transportation in harsh terrain.
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