UPDATE 3: The eWillys Israel bureau is hot on the trail of the ‘Tender’. Another set of pics was accompanied by the following update.
Here’s what he Googled in Hebrew: “A man named Efraim Eilin had a vision of an Israeli car industry. In 1950 he made partnership with Kaizer Enterprises and in 1951 he opened the Kaizer-Eilin assembly plant. The plant[S] made more then 100,000 cars [Kaiser Frazer, Dofin Renolt, kontesa , Lark Studibaker…] and at some point the plant export was 28% of all the Israeli exports! I couldn’t find info on the Willys except that they made the panel, the wagon and the pick-up [we say: ‘Tender’]. All the body parts were made in Israel in another plant in Israel; so, I guess that the trucks used the low part of the panel/wagon + special design for the back as an original Kaiser-Eilin. The Willys had 2 engines: 2199 cc 4 cylinder and 3770 cc 6 c‘”
And here’s a special Willys Police Wagon (here’s the page for our Hebrew readers):
As I note in the comments to this post, a couple days ago I did a number of searches (and found some interesting truck sites that I will include in upcoming posts), but I found no references to the ‘Tender’ or ‘high back’ trucks. If anyone knows anything about them, please let me know.
UPDATE 2: A reader from Israel wrote and mentioned, in the comments below, that there are a large number of trucks with ‘high backs’ like the one below. Here’s an example of one of them.
For comparison, here’s a ‘normal’ truck from Grover’s Willys Jeep Site.
Now that’s a cool vehicle. I’d like to see some closer pics of the conversion
In Israel this pickup was very common.
It’s calls ‘Compact’ and from time to time I see some for sale: http://www.yad2.co.il/Cars/ViewImage.php?CatID=1&SubCatID=6&Expensive=&CarID=104011&Pic=2
The saler say it’s 1964 ‘compact’ after rebilding and he ask 14,200$ for it
Interesting .. I need to spending some time exploring this a little more. Thanks you for sharing that info!
– Dave
Again, if I were in the market for another vehicle right now, I’d buy this. It’s very cool. In 10 years or so I’ll start building my “retirement” truck and this is a serious option to consider. Another thing I’ve considered is a cj7 built into a small extended cab pickup. Like a Jeep Brute but a bit longer.
That looks like most of a Willys Jeep “Overland” Station wagon…………… I had a ’49. Very cool.
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Hi,
Here is another 1966 ‘Israeli compact’ pick-up for sale:
http://www.yad2.co.il/Cars/hotPicSpecial.php?CatID=1&SubCatID=6&CarID=107973&CarSpecialID=4&Code=827b57e387157a2fadfdbb41b8bfa9e3
You can see the interesting difference in the back of the cab between that one and the yellow one that you like.
Thanks for the additional link. Please send any others you find!
I googled last night for jeep trucks sites that cover these models, but I couldn’t find anything. I thought these might be trucks that have had their beds replaced by the back of a van, but the contours on the back actually edge into the cabs. These appear to be original.
– Dave
Dave, Hi,
Here what I googled in Hebrew:
A man named Efraim Eilin had this vision of an Israeli car industry. In 1950 he made partnership with Kaizer Enterprises and in 1951 he opened the Kaizer-Eilin assembly plant.
The plant[S] made more then 100,000 cars [Kaiser Frazer, Dofin Renolt, kontesa , Lark Studibaker…] and at some point the plant export was 28% of all the Israeli export!
I couldn’t find info on the Willys except that thay made the panel, the wagon and the pick-up [we say: ‘Tander’].
All the body parts was made in Israel in another plant in Israel so I guess that the trucks used the low part of the panel/wagon + special design for the back as an original Kaiser-Eilin.
The Willys had 2 engines:
2199 cc 4 cylinder and 3770 cc 6 c’.
Just one special police Willys:
http://www.police.gov.il/AboutPolice/asfnot/Pages/wolis.aspx
Wonderful! The police wagon is unusual. All great info. I’ll do some additional searches based on what you found. Thanks for relaying the information!
– Dave
Hi Dave,
Just one more interesting truck [in the U.S.A, not in Israel]:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1948-Willys-Pickup-Truck-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ120481578775QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item1c0d42ff17
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One more ‘Tander’ made [and just now rebild] in Israel:
http://www.auto.co.il/כתבה-24403-וויליס-מת-לחיות.aspx#
sory, Its the first page in a magazin so i cant copy+paest the pics. copy the url and wait 2-3 seconds.
Thanks Or!
I’ll grab the pics and post them this evening 🙂
That’s a nice one. I’ll see if I can get the text to translate as well.
= Dave
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