The Jeep brand has changed hands many times and is now the property of Chrysler's parent company Stellantis, but the brand was created by WIllys Overland immediately after World War II for the CJ-2A, ...
Most likely, it was some GI during World War II that first started modifying Jeeps to better suit his needs. While there were many modifications made to meet certain war-time criteria, not much was ...