Talk:Willys MB

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The "Willys MB" page submission is a great addition to the Wikipedia folio because it is a good, solid, researched article that otherwise would not be available. There is no other "Willys MB" article available. All other research on the subject is scattered and voluminous. The material in this article has been combined and condensed to share only the most interesting and impacting factors of the historical account of the inventing of the WWII US Army Jeep, the first of all RVs and SUVs today. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DMPrdctns (talk • contribs) .

Nice marketing spiel. The article still needs cleaning up, though, as it doesn't conform to Wikipedia style. I'll see what I can do. Powers 13:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I've done some cleanup. Still not great, but it'll do for now. Powers 14:01, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank-you, Powers. Looks great. By the way, were you the one who suggested this be merged with "Bantam GP?" There was no "Bantam GP." The Bantam had a different designation. Also... Are you also LtPowers? DMPrdctns 05:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

I did suggest the merge. Whether or not the name of the Bantam GP article is correct, it does exist, and it's so short that it seems to merit merging into another article. This one seemed the most likely candidate, since it covers the early competition involving American Bantam fairly well, but I'm open to other suggestions. Powers 12:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

I think that the best option would be to change the title of the Bantam article so that it is accurate. But I think that to eliminate the Bantam article and include the information into the Willys MB page would not be true to the Willys MB subject, since the page was to be about the Willys Jeep, not the Bantam test vehicle. I feel that the Bantam article is needed and should exist as a separate piece. It should be accurate though, and I feel that the title should be changed to Bantam BRC40 Jeep, or Bantam BRC60 Jeep, Bantam Jeep or the like. I think that there should be no Bantam GP article on Wikipedia. If anything, there should be a Ford GPW article. DMPrdctns 07:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

If you feel Bantam GP should be renamed, feel free to do so using the move link at the top of the page. I notice that that vehicle is called the Bantam BRC in the article itself, so that might be the best choice. If you do change the article title, please change the corresponding entry on the Jeep (disambiguation) page. As for the merge, it is merely proposed. You're against and I'm for, so we could use some more opinions on the topic. =) Powers 18:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I do not feel it would give the Bantam car it's due attention to have it be merged into another article.DMPrdctns 20:26, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm already aware of your opinion on that. What I'm asking for is some other people's opinions. And don't remove the merge tag until we have some sort of consensus. Powers 00:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

1 Half-Safe
2 Good
3 Peep
4 Successor

[edit] Half-Safe

I just added a note to the Amphibious Vehicles page about Half-Safe, it was apparently an amphibious jeep. I don't know much about Jeeps so leave it to the experts to add something here if they wish). It was driven and sailed around the world by Ben Carlin in the 1950s. --jmb 23:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good

Nice article it deserve to be a featured one... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.230.191.36 (talk • contribs) .

You can nominate it here: WP:FAC. Powers ^T 00:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peep

In General George Patton's quasi-autobiography War As I Knew It, he repeatedly refers to the Jeep as the "peep." As such, the citation needed tag in the article itself is not needed, and I will add this source properly. --Gerolsteiner 05:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Successor

It is stated that the M151 Mutt was the successor to the Willys MB. My understanding is that MB was succeeded by the M38. Then later the M38 would be replaced by the M151. Someone who knows more about this should look into it and correct it if necessary. --71.226.66.141 22:26, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I would second that clam it was the mb then the m38 then the m38a1 then the mutt. and the motor description is all wrong. it didn't have a 1.4l 4cylender motor. it had the 134ci 4cylder go devil motor with 60hp. not 45hp... get it right. i would change it but i cant figure out the side bar thing... Chardrc (talk) 01:25, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

there are still major issues with the sidebar. it is very wordy and is wrong in many ways. i fixed some things but i don't remember and can't find if they used a 6v or 24v system for theses jeeps.. i know they used 24v on the m38's for starting aircraft but i don't know about the mb, but i know its a generator not a generator.Chardrc (talk) 02:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)