Source: Walter P. Chrysler Museum
1942 Willys-Overland Jeep MB Manufactured by a company that Walter P. Chrysler briefly ran in the early 1920s, and headed by a former Chrysler executive when the these Jeeps went into production, the vehicle that General George C. Marshall called "America's greatest contribution to modern warfare" became the savior of Willys-Overland and the foundation of a global brand. Jeep became part of Chrysler in 1987. Source: Walter P. Chrysler Museum
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