My interest in the jeep started with the 1942 Ford GPW. I wanted to know more about the history of the jeep so I began to do research. My research lead me to many people that knew about the early jeeps and I was amazed at their willingness to share information. The best thing that happened in this project was getting permission of the Veterans Memorial Museum of Huntsfield, Al to allow me to crawl all over their jeeps in order to get the photographs I wanted.

The museum owns a Bantam BRC

Ford GP frame horn detail. Just one of the many pictures that detail the Ford GP.

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The 1/4-ton, 4x4, truck of World War Two started out in the hands of the Infantry and a little company called American Bantam Car Company. Bantam worked with the Army's Quartermaster Corps to produce the pilot model that was accepted and then fulfilled their initial contract for 70 trucks. During testing of the pilot both Ford and Willys-Overland were invited to check out this new vehicle. The vehicles were studied in great detail. Soon, at their own expense, Ford and Willys-Overland submitted pilots for testing too. This book covers the production prototypes--Bantam BRC-40, Ford GP and the Willys MA.