50.1 Purpose Section
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50.1 Purpose Section
Recent years have shown an increase in collector interest in authentic, high-quality restorations of Military Vehicles. Among the most popular of these vehicles has been the World War II jeep. Produced in large quantities by both Willys Overland and Ford, the 1/4-Ton 4x4 reconnaissance truck was one of the most significant advances in military ground transportation of the period.
As part of its charter, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association encourages research into the production details of historic military vehicles as well as the accurate restoration and preservation of these vehicles. In addition, the MVPA holds annual conventions at which members may enter their original or restored vehicles for judging. The purpose of this document is to provide a central and authoritative repository for the combined knowledge of the MVPA membership with respect to one model of the World War II jeep, the Willys MB. This document will be used as the standard against which MBs entered for judging at MVPA events will be measured.
This document is the first in what is hoped will be a series of standards written by MVPA members covering the entire spectrum of collectable military vehicles. It is intended that these documents will continue to evolve and improve over the years as new information is included and mistakes are corrected. The authors of this standard do not claim any special knowledge and are intent on expanding and improving this work with the help of our fellow collectors. Updated revisions to this document will be published on a regular basis and a procedure for reviewing and including membership input will be adopted.
This standard describes MBs as they appeared when delivered to the US government. It is understood that vehicles varied due to production line shortages, different factory locations, varying degrees of employee enthusiasm, etc. however the standard cannot address these issues. Therefor, the standards that follow describe a set of imaginary Standard vehicles that might have been rolled off the assembly lines at the Willys' factory on any given day.
