prototype jeep maybe?

[retired wrench]

A bout 40 years ago I was at an auction where there was a jeep for sale. I looked under the hood and it had the 4 cyl Ford engine in it. I knew Ford made jeeps and assumed they used their engines. Years passed and I learned a little more of the jeep history and now I wonder what I was looking at. If I remember right they only made 4 or 5 of the prototypes with ford engines and I cant see them getting out to the public.??????

 

[gungearz]

Things have slipped out like that before... but it also could have been a retrofit...

 

[jdknech]

more then likely it was a M151.. had ford pinto engines in them..

 

[1958 M274]

more then likely it was a M151.. had ford pinto engines in them..

Uh, no, they did not...

 

[Flyingvan911]

I want a MUTT with a 460 in it.

 

[32r2]

Could this be what you remember? This is a early Ford GP jeep.They used the Ford 9N tractor 4 cyl engines.See link not mine. http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showphoto.php?photo=161569&title=portland-2013&cat=3275

 

[SETOYOTA]

Ford made several thousand ford gp's

 

[porkysplace]

more then likely it was a M151.. had ford pinto engines in them..

The M 151's were built by Ford long before Pinto's were even thought about.

 

[retired wrench]

32r2 thats what this one had,,,a Ford tract engine. I knew they put a few in prototypes but was not aware they used them in regular production. Maybe Willys was swamped for a while.

 

[SETOYOTA]

The tractor engine was used in the ford gp only not the standardized Willys/gpw wwii jeep. There were about 4500 ford gp s built. I have owned one.

 

[retired wrench]

Thanks for clearing that up. I feel better that I didnt pass up a rare find.

 

[ABN173]

I forget the owner but he is up in the Pacific Northwest / WA area, the story is this was a prototype jeep vehicle that was never put into production. It mostly used 151 parts.

-Dale

 

[Adrian A]

I forget the owner but he is up in the Pacific Northwest / WA area, the story is this was a prototype jeep vehicle that was never put into production. It mostly used 151 parts.

-Dale

That is really neat! Any more info?

 

[ABN173]

That is really neat! Any more info?

Nope, but I might could dig some up by asking my PNW buddies back in WA.