![]() ![]() I didn't own a CJ at that time and was not a member of this site then, but I've copied and pasted that post on the Early Jeep Restoration and Research forum on this site, since that's probably the most appropriate place for this information. Just after meeting him, I made a post on the G503 site describing the fascinating story Charlie told me that day. I immediately recognized the name of Charlie Weaver because ironically, I actually visited Charlie at his home in Winston-Salem, NC back in 2008. Jeep historian Charlie Weaver worked with Norton Young's handwritten records and transformed them into electronic form, making them available to jeep hobbyists worldwide." "Most Jeep enthusiasts regard the production figures recorded by Norton Young, an engineer who worked at the Toledo plant, as the most accurate. ![]() It's in 1959, when the first permit to import. decides to perform this task at its daughter company V.I.A.S.A. to allow them to build the Univesal Jeep in our country. See the 13-digit vehicle identification number, your vehicle registration papers, on the dash inside the Jeep or on. In the late 50's, Kaise, owner of Willys Overland (which was named Willys Motor Company) gave exclusive rights to C.A.F. ![]() Click to expand.After reading your post, having no idea who Norton Young was, I googled him and found the following reference excerpted from the book Jeep CJ 1945-1986, by Robert Ackerson: The MB-CJ3b, is the first Jeep built in Spain. ![]()
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