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Willys Jeep Station Wagon - practical pioneer and forerunner of the SUV

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Created on December 26, 2020

Reading time 7min

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Bruno von Rotz

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - mit Vollmetallkarosserie

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - auch auf glatten Strassen sicher unterwegs

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - ein bekanntes Gesicht

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - die praktische Variante des Jeep

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - der Allradantrieb ist zuschaltbar

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - im Schnee zuhause

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Traktionsprobleme kennt er nicht

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - fährt sich auch auf trockener Strasse ganz kommod

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - mit 1,79 Metern fast so hoch wie breit (1,95 Meter)

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Schiebefenster für die Fondpassagiere

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - viel Bodenfreiheit und Platz für die Räder ist gesichert

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - das "Holz" ist nur aufgemalt

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - 4,42 Meter lang

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - praktisch zum Entladen, das Ladegut kann auf der unteren Klappe zwischengelagert werden

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - hinten öffnen zwei Klappen, um Zugang zum grossen Kofferraum zu geben

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - das Reserverad hängt rechts an der Wand

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - idealer Wagen für schneesichere Alpendörfer

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Armaturenbrett in Wagenfarbe

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Willys-Zeichen auch auf dem Lenkradzentrum

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Kunststoff-Lenkrad

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - alles Notwendige vorhanden - Instrumente in der Mitte des Armaturenbretts

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - grosser Tacho als Hauptinstrument, Zusatzanzeigen für Benzinstand, Öldruck, Ladezustand und Wassertemperatur

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - die Hebel für die Gangwahl und das Zuschalten von Allradantrieb und Sperren

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - der Türöffner innen

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - selbst innen ist der Allradantrieb angeschrieben

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Typenplakette im Innernraum

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - etwas Chrom auf dem Kühlergrill

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Charakterkühler

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - ältereres ACS-Clubabzeichen

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - auch seitlich wird auf den Allradantrieb aufmerksam gemacht

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Schriftzug für die Kennzeichnung des Allradantriebs

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - das Willys-Markenzeichen

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Suchscheinwerfer, von innen bedienbar

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - der Handgriff zur Ausrichtung des Suchscheinwerfers

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Stahlräder

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - massive Türgriffe

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Schlusslicht

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Hinweis auf den zuschaltbaren Allradantrieb

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - die Heckklappe kann von innen und aussen entriegelt werden

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - Markenschriftzug

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - im Einsatz im Jahr 1997

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - im Einsatz im Jahr 2001

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1950) - charmant präsentiert

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1950) - ausgestellt auf dem Genfer Autosalon 1950

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon 4x4 (1951) - im Geländeeinsatz

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon 4x4 (1951) - nun leicht überarbeitet und mit Hurricane-Motor

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon 4x4 (1952) - Alleskönner für jeden Einsatz

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1952) - zwei seitliche Türen und zwei hinten

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Willys Jeep (1945) - der früher Vierzylinder mit stehenden Ventilen

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1955) - im Jahr 1962 in der Werft

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1955) - in der Heinrich Werft im Jahr 1962

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1956) - im Einsatz für die SBB

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Willys Jeep (1948) - zusammen mit dem Jeep Station Wagon

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon - Werbung in den USA

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Willys Wagoneer (1963) - 142 PS liefert der Sechszylinder, die Kraftübertragung ist automatisch

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Willys Wagoneer (1963) - gross ausgefallene Ladefläche dank insgesamt ausladenden Dimensionen, die Heckscheibe kann von aussen gesenkt werden

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Jeep Super Wagoneer Station Wagon (1966)

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Jeep Cherokee - zweitürige Wagoneer-Version mit umfangreihcer Wahlausrüstung - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1974

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon (1951) - einfach gestalteter Arbeitsplatz

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Summary

Today, SUVs are the largest category of new car registrations. The beginnings of this vehicle category date back to 1946, not surprisingly in the USA with the Willys Jeep Station Wagon. This vehicle report, supplemented with historical images and sales literature, is about a 1951 Station Wagon that is still in winter use today.

This article contains the following chapters

From off-road vehicle to all-purpose vehicle
A Hans-Dampf-inallen-Gassen
From two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive
Continuous evolution
Use as a commercial vehicle
Use as an everyday car
Long-term car
Workhorse
The beginning of a long line of ancestors

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When the car manufacturer Willys-Overland presented the prototype of the jeep to the US Army in 1940 with the "Willys Quad", the company already had a 37-year history. It had started with the "Overland" brand in 1903. In 1907, John N. Willys took over the company, which had run into financial difficulties and was subsequently renamed "Willys-Overland". Until 1940, the company was mainly in business as a supplier of passenger cars, with varying degrees of success, but the Jeep opened up a completely new segment, which in the early years naturally benefited exclusively from the army business. With the end of the Second World War, however, new buyer segments were in demand and so a much more versatile vehicle was built on the basis of the standard Jeep.

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