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Curious, a Military Jeep with a CJ designation?
Wonder why?
Jeeps for the civilian market officially began with the CJ-2A, followed by the CJ-3A a few years later. The Jeeps you see here are quite similar to the CJ-3A models, but they have some unique military-only features. In 1950, the U.S. Navy contracted 1,000 Jeeps to be built at the Willys-Overland plant in Toledo, Ohio, for use by the United States Marine Corps, and the model was designated as the CJV35/U. It would be the only military contract for a Jeep that was fulfilled between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Korean conflict.
There are several special traits about this specific Willys. It was designed to ford deep water, using a snorkel ventilation setup plumbed to the engine and drivetrain. The transmission, transfer case, master cylinder, fuel tank, and vacuum-driven wiper system all had to be plumbed to the air filter to keep them from ingesting water during short-duration fording. Inside the tub sat a PTO-driven generator to supply power to bed-mounted radio gear. The plan was to use these Jeeps for forward observation or reconnaissance to direct aircraft or artillery fire.
Today, there are very few of these Jeeps still in running condition, so it’s rare to see even one. In fact, many Jeep enthusiasts, unaware of the CJV35/U, might mistakenly believe one of these to be a converted CJ-3A made to look like a military model. We have the pleasure of showing you not one but three surviving and running unicorns.