| 1945 - 1949 Willys CJ-2A |
| Production of the first civilian Jeep began in July of 1945. For the first month of production, the CJ2A was built alongside the MB and the early CJ2A shares many characteristics of the wartime MB. Just 1824 CJ2A's were produced in 1945, making the '45 CJ2A one of the most sought after of the civilian Jeeps. |
| The CJ2A saw numerous changes throughout its production run. The CJ2A Page lists a comprehensive break-down of these changes based on serial number data. |
| 1945 CJ2A serial# 10087 |
| Identifying Characteristics: |
| Data Plates: early CJ2A had set of three plates, later CJ2A had one longer data plate located on the passenger side of the dash; serial number plate located on the passenger side of the firewall (early CJ2A had serial number on the middle dash plate as well); body tag located on passenger side firewall; frame tag (with serial number) located on driver side frame rail behind front bumper |
| Windshield Frame: two piece windshield frame (inner frame and outer frame) with split glass, windshield frame has WILLYS stamped in middle of the panel, round tube construction *Note: CJ2A, MB, & CJ3A windshield frames are interchangeable and it is not uncommon to see this. |
| Front Bumper Gussets: front bumper mounted to a set of gussets, rather than directly to frame horns *Note: very late production CJ2A's used a CJ3A style frame, without the gussets, as the new CJ3A model was brought into production. |
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