John North Willys (/ˈwɪlɪs/; October 25, 1873 – August 26, 1935) was an American automotive pioneer and diplomat. His company, Willys-Overland Motors...
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Willys (pronounced /ˈwɪlɪs/, "Willis") was a brand name used by Willys–Overland Motors, an American automobile company, founded by John North Willys. It...
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Willys-Knight is an automobile that was produced between 1914 and 1933 by the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio. John North Willys purchased the...
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Kaiser Jeep (redirect from Willys Motors)
based in Willow Run, Michigan, with the Toledo, Ohio-based Willys-Overland Company. Willys-Overland had been at one point before World War II the U.S...
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The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army truck, 1⁄4‑ton, 4×4, command reconnaissance, commonly known as the Willys Jeep, Jeep...
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self-starter. Willys revised this car to the Blue Bird and Red Bird models, which helped Willys-Overland return to strength following a Receivership. Willys-Overland...
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manufactured cars, buses and trucks. In 1919, Crossley Motors and John North Willys on behalf of Willys-Overland agreed to set up a British operation to import...
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organization profitable. In 1913, Garford was purchased by John North Willys and merged into Willys-Overland. Media related to Studebaker-Garford at Wikimedia...
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Toledo. The Village of Ottawa Hills was developed beginning in 1915. John North Willys, president of the Overland Company, acquired approximately 1,200 acres...
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John North Willys purchased the Overland company, then based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and renamed it Willys-Overland Motors. In the 1940s, as Willys...
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Jeep (redirect from Jeep Willys)
Bantam Car Company and Willys-Overland. The Army set a seemingly impossible deadline of 49 days to supply a working prototype. Willys asked for more time...
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One was John North Willys, who soon after bought the Overland Automotive Division from the Standard Wheel Company which became the Willys-Overland Motor...
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(1889–1914), racecar driver William B. Williams (1923–1986), disc jockey John North Willys (1873–1935), automobile manufacturer Charles E. Wilson (1886–1972)...
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of Hubbard's from his biography of American automotive developer John North Willys, "Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticized"...
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assembly line by 1911, leaving Garford alone until it was acquired by John North Willys in 1913. 4530 Loma Vista Ave, Vernon, CA Manufactured automobiles...
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Sloan Jr. (chairman of General Motors) Governor Alfred E. Smith John North Willys (American automotive pioneer and statesman Jayne Wrightsman (widow...
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Jeep Gladiator (JT) (section Willys)
Gladiator is available in Sport, Sport S, Overland (until 2023), Willys Sport (2021–2023), Willys (from 2021), limited edition Freedom (2021–2023), Mojave, and...
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Parsons, G. O. (Interviewee) (January 21, 2021). Talking To The Creator of Willys Wonderland About FNAF, Animatronics & MORE!. 3C Films on YouTube. Event...
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Wildenstein in 1945 from the collection of Isabel van Wie Willys, widow of John North Willys, from whom derives one of the names of this painting, and...
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Kaiser-Frazer (redirect from Kaiser-Willys)
ailing Willys-Overland company, mainly for its Jeep brand, and merged the Kaiser and Willys operations under the "Kaiser-Willys Corporation". The Willys-Overland...
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surname often alternatively given as "Willys"), son and heir of Inner Temple barrister and landowner Richard Willys, of Fen Ditton and Horningsey, Cambridgeshire...
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officially got into the auto business. By 1908, he sold the company to John North Willys, since Parry had lost everything, including his house, in the Panic...
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Free Willy is a media franchise from Warner Bros. that started with the 1993 film Free Willy that went on to become a sleeper hit at the box office. The...
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Willy Brandt (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪliː ˈbʁant] ; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman...
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue is a 1997 American family film directed by Sam Pillsbury and written by John Mattson. Released by Warner Bros. under their Warner...
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Toledo Complex (redirect from Toledo North Assembly Plant)
owned by Stellantis North America, sections of the facility have operated as an automobile assembly plant since 1910, initially for Willys-Overland. The Toledo...
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Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for automobile manufacturer John North Willys of Toledo, Ohio. Willys had intended for the yacht to have qualities that would...
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John Melvin Rayfield (February 11, 1926 – March 1, 2010) was a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's...
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American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation...
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North Macedonia (/ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə/ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə), officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares...
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