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In 2008, MasterCraft Safety purchased Ryan Safety, expanding their product line of suspension seats, restraints, limit straps, and window nets to include race suits. In 2010 the company expanded even further, acquiring Impact Products from Bill Simpson. Pierce sold Impact and MasterCraft to Italian safety giant Sparco in June 2017. [1]
The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army truck, 1 ⁄ 4 ‑ton, 4×4, command reconnaissance, [9] [10] commonly known as the Willys Jeep, [nb 5] Jeep, or jeep, [12] and sometimes referred to by its Standard Army vehicle supply nr. G-503, [nb 6] were highly successful American off-road capable, light military utility ...
1941 Willys T13/T14 'Super Jeep' – MB stretched to 6x6 and armed with a 37 mm gun motor carriage. Although cancelled in favor of the M6 gun motor carriage, the T14 was developed into the MT-TUG cargo/prime mover. 1941–1944 Willys MT "Super Jeep" — 6x6, 3⁄4-ton prototype — a small number were built in various configurations. [1]
This allowed the second and third-row seats to be mounted higher than the first-row seats. When released initially, the Jeep Commander was well reviewed by automotive journalists. In the November 2005 issue of Car and Driver, the 2006 Jeep Commander won a comparison with a 2006 Ford Explorer and is spoken about positively. The article coincides ...
The Ford GPA "Seep" (Government 'P' Amphibious, where 'P' stood for its 80-inch wheelbase), with supply catalog number G504, was an amphibious version of the World War II Ford GPW jeep. Over 12 thousand were made and they served with Allied forces in the many theatres of WW2, including the Pacific, Eastern front, and from D-day to the end.
During a recent flight to San Juan, an airline passenger was asked to switch seats by three separate passengers as social media users chimed on Reddit about the indignity.
The Jeep Wagon was the first Willys product with independent front suspension. Barney Roos , Willys' chief engineer, developed a system based on a transverse seven-leaf spring. The system, called "Planadyne" by Willys, was similar in concept to the "planar" suspension Roos had developed for Studebaker in the mid-1930s.
The Jeep Patriot (MK74) is a front-engine five-door compact crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Jeep, having debuted with the Jeep Compass in April 2006 at the New York Auto Show for the 2007 model year. [1]