04/27/2026
Thrift Priced Car Dimensional
• Mark Fisher Photo •
Overland Automobile Cinderella
An Early Car Company
Which Hit The Market In 1903
Had A Small Market To Deal With.
Tried To Expand To Get Production Running Right.
In 1905 Introduced Better Models
Above 5 Horse Power.
There Was Am Economic Scare.
Stopping Every Thing.
The Ups And Downs Push The Company
To Almost Close,
In 1908, Control of Overland
Was Purchased By J. N. Willys,
The Company Moved Forward.
Willys Already Produced The Knight,
Overland Label Continued
By 1910 The Company Was The Second
Largest Automaker Next To Ford.
John Willys Brought Loads
Of Companies And Their Factories
Felt The Pinch Of The Early Twenties,
Worked Out Money Issue.
With Thirty Years Under The Belt History,
The Company Pulled Government Contracts.
The Willys Jeep Was Developed.
The Company's Product Was Steady, Yet Slow.
In WWII The Company Fell Behind,
General Motors Picked Up The Slack.
Other Companies Joined Forces,
Studebaker and Ford Gave Engine Production
To Keep The Jeep On Time.
After The War In Europe,
By The End Of World War II,
The Jeep Type Had Large Numbers.
362,841 By Willys,
280,448 By Ford.
And 2,675 By American Bantam .
There Were Jeep Orders.
But For Purposes Production Orders Slowed Down
In 1953, Kaiser Motors purchased Willys–Overland
Willys Produced Truck Type Vehicles.
The Jeep Line Was Merged Into American Motors.
In The 1960's And Is Still Produced Today.
Over And Out.
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Captured Under Existing Day Time Light.
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