The Jeep CJ was the brand's civilian version of the Quad Willys Overland built for the U.S. Army during World War II. The CJ-2A went on sale in 1945, and the CJ-3A and CJ-3B followed within a decade.
The Jeep brand dates back to World War II when Willys Overland adapted the Quad it built for the U.S. Army into the CJ-2A. Jeep has since passed to Kaiser and AMC, then to Chrysler when it bought ...