Wanted: Willy's Jeep Engine

[Lynn Eades]

Rob, as far as I know the 201 Hotchkiss engine is the same. If not, it will only be the incorporation of the improvements (maybe gear driven cam etc)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Rob, as far as I know the 201 Hotchkiss engine is the same. If not, it will only be the incorporation of the improvements (maybe gear driven cam etc)

If it has a French Army data plate it could be a WW2 rebuild, or be of post WW2 French manufacture. In the latter case you will have an engine which is practically identical to the WW2 Willys (not: Willy's ) engine, except for casting markings and some technical improvements. Hotchkiss production never progressed to types after the MB, they just improved on the existing WW2 design.

In either case, at $1000 it sounds like a good buy.

H.