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Well spotted. It seems that while the fundamental mechanicals of an off-roader haven’t changed much over the years – rugged looks, grippy tyres, four-wheel drive – some things most definitely have.

The car you’re looking at here is the Willys M38A1, not quite the original Willys that you’ll have seen bouncing around in World War Two documentaries, but not far off. The M38A1 (let’s just call it a Jeep from now on) was built from 1952 to 1971 by Willys and saw extensive service with the US military in Korea and Vietnam. It also got sold to quite a few friendly foreign nations, which is the version you see here.

Technically, this is a Nekaf edition that was built under licence in Holland and, because it was used as an economic stimulus package after the ravages of the war, had quite a few home-grown parts. It was so successful that the Dutch kept using it for over 40 years, well past when both it - and its successor - were meant to have retired. How’s that for reliability.



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