what years did they make the willy jeep
1940 - Working from a Bantam Car Company design, Willys contracts to build military Jeeps for the war and produces about 360,000 vehicles by 1945. 1945 - Willys-Overland begins producing the Civilian Jeep (CJ) line, with the introduction of the CJ2A model. 1946 - Production begins on the Willys Jeep Wagon. Over 300,000 are manufactured between 1946 and 1965.