{"id":27065,"date":"2023-10-22T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=27065"},"modified":"2023-10-22T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:41:49","slug":"a-1944-willys-mb-jeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=27065","title":{"rendered":"A 1944 Willys MB Jeep"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em><a href=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/willys-1.jpg\">Click here for high resolution version<\/a>.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One of my neighbors has a friend who has restored a 1944 Willys Army Jeep, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willys_MB\">model MB<\/a>. My neighbor, knowing that I&#8217;m a Jeep fanatic, arranged for me to have a ride in the Jeep, off road on some of the trails through the surrounding woods.<\/p>\n<p>This Jeep, I understand, would have been a commander&#8217;s Jeep. It has a machine gun and a radio. I believe my neighbor&#8217;s friend uses the Jeep in World War II enactments.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a Jeep owner for 22 years. I bought my Jeep, a 2001 Wrangler TJ, back in 2001 when I lived in San Francisco. It has only 80,000 miles on the odometer. I wouldn&#8217;t sell it for the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-3a.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-3a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-3a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-3a-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1007\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-4.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-4-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-4-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-4-1536x967.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-5.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-6.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-7.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-8.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-9.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-9-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" wclass=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-10.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-10-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/W-willys-10-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here for high resolution version. One of my neighbors has a friend who has restored a 1944 Willys Army Jeep, model MB. My neighbor, knowing that I&#8217;m a Jeep fanatic, arranged for me to have a ride in the Jeep, off road on some of the trails through the surrounding woods. This Jeep, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=27065\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A 1944 Willys MB Jeep&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27065"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27082,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065\/revisions\/27082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}