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.

If you're even casually familiar with the Jeep brand, you likely know that it essentially owes its existence to U.S. Armed Forces efforts in World War II. However, at war's end, the minds behind ...