Six soldiers pull up on a main street in Halifax, Nova Scotia as part of a parade. They're in a standard issue WWII type Willys Jeep. In four to five minutes they completely disassemble the vehicle, reassemble it and drive off! The idea being to show the genius that went into the making of the jeep and its basic simplicity. They just don't make them like the Willys Jeep any more.
That was a neat video to watch, they really were organized on their mission. I watched the video twice and could not locate the gas tank, where would it be located on a Willys Jeep?
I,should hire them to come here and finish my 1949 Willys Jeep Wagon for me......they'd have it done likety-split!!
I'd wager that the simplicity has more to do with efficiency on the assembly line. A bonus for the field guys was that it made it easy to work on also. WWII was all about production for the Allies and the bulk of that production happened right here in the old USA! Simple formula: Cripple the enemies production whilst bolstering your own. Once Russia got up and running their numbers were staggering as well. Sadly, many US tankers lost their lives to the "more is better" approach. The German MBTs were killing 6 or more Shermans each on average. Rather than take the extra time redesigning the tank to withstand the German cannons, we just made a whole bunch of them. Knowing they were outmatched in manufacturing by the Allies, Germany turned to Wunderwaffens. The V2 rockets and the first jet fighters were assembled deep in underground caves where our bombs could not penetrate. The numbers produced in the caves were too small and too late to affect the outcome of the War however. Good display of teamwork in that video. Thanks for posting!
Cool video. There's times I think my Wrangler would come apart that fast but I don't think it would go back together like that. Thanks for sharing!
I saw these guys do this @ the Bantam Jeep Festival a few years ago. It was cool, but like stated above it is simplified for show purposes. Not taking anything away from them. Coordination and team work was an awesome sight.
