From roots-in@bl-14.rootsweb.com Sat Sep 28 18:59:01 1996 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (roots-in@bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA04127 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 18:58:57 -0700 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA24401 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:01:49 -0700 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA03666 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 18:54:51 -0700 X-Envelope-From: longrc2@icomnet.com Sat Sep 28 18:54:45 1996 Received: from websgi (websgi.icomnet.com [206.156.67.2]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA03653 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 18:54:42 -0700 Received: from LOCALNAME by websgi via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI) for id VAA26832; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 21:44:51 -0700 Message-ID: <324DFFE6.4C9E@icomnet.com> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 21:49:42 -0700 From: Robert C Long X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re; Willy Car Company Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com >>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 23:56:57 -0400 >>From: Kim & Al Lewis <> >>Subject: ? Willy Automobile Company >>Does anyone know when this car company existed? Where were they >>located? >>Was Willy the surname of the family who started the company? What >>happened to the company? Any and all information about this car >>company would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! >>TTFN, >>Kim Lewis >>kalewis@host.dmsc.net >>"RESEARCH: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing." REPLY.. The Willys car company existed from before 1930 to 1955. It then merged with the Kaiser Motor company. Today it is part of Chrysler corporation as "Jeep" products. Some of their notable cars were: Willys Americar 1941-1942 The last Willys car until 1952 The famous military jeep 1942- Willys Jeepster 1948-1951 Civilian version of the jeep Willys Aero-Eagle 1952-1954 Compact car ala Falcon, Valiant, etc Willys Bermuda 1955 Renamed version of above. There were others prior to 1941, but I can't recall the names. Maybe someone else can add to this. Regards, Robert