Mr. Rolls, Wow, what a great video! My wife and I wrote a screenplay American Triumph telling the story of the creation of the Bantam Pilot (in 49 days no less) and have tried for ten years to bring this story to the big screen. It brought tears to my eyes to see the vehicle in real life that I have only seen in pictures. What an amazing accomplishment! God bless you! Paul Bruno
That is a beautiful recreation of the first Bantam! I love the front end better like that then what it changed in to and nothing beats vehicles that where made in Pennsylvania!
A los los que amamos el Jeep, nos llena de alegría, esta Obra Maestra llevada a cabo por el Señor Rolls. Este es el Patriarca de todos los Jeeps y verlo marchando es como un sueño, ya que de este modelo se hizo una sola unidad, la que fue desmantelada después de un accidente cuando era probado y sus piezas pasaron a formar parte de otro Bantam (el BRC 60). Gracias amigo Rolls por devolvernos esta Joya. Alfredo Lafuente-Uruguay
What a fantastic reproduction by Mr. Rolls. I really enjoyed this video and seeing the car in person. I can now somewhat understand the exhuberance of the Army upon seeing this vehicle for the first time. They must have been grinning from ear to ear.
MARVELOUS. FINALLY SOMEONE IMPLEMENTED THE IDEIA I HAD 10 YEARS AGO FAR HERE IN BRAZIL. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!! HURRA......BEAUTIFUL Of couse for me it was only a dream, I could never do it so well here, so far away from necessary resources. I was told that someone was doing this recreation secretly. So good to see it was accomplished. I am very touched by this video. I love JEEP and I am writing a book in Portuguese about it. How nice would be to include pictures of it. Mario Williams
The cost of building a replica BRC-40 far exceeds the cost of buying a restorable one. While a real BRC (or a restorable chassis with most parts) might run in the $40-$60 thousand range, it's hard to imagine building one from scratch for less than $150 thousand.
The only thing that could have made this better was a drive up the old ramps at Holabird! The model T was offroad cause, well, there weren’t many roads! Ford gets credit for the o|||||||o but the only reason they made the 100k some units they did was Henry was in politicians pockets - even while he was making trucks for the Nazis.
@juannunez63 Ford's were before that (the broken up), with the GP which started the slot grille with an earlier off-road Model-T. The Bantam and Willy's military-Jeep debate was after. The GPW was not as revolutionary as it was just actually made by Willys. I can make a video of my dads Bantam BRC.
If you are interested in hearing an interview with Duncan Rolls, please visit the History Czar's website i could not post a link but if you Google History Czar you will find it!!
Bahaha, you're funny, I know where at least 3 or 4 Willy's Jeeps are just rotting away on the side of the road in someone's yard. To say a WW2 jeep is in the any kind of thousands of range... is just laughable. They are rotting because... they are particularly valuable. You can't make them street legal, and they aren't really a lot of fun to drive, as the are geared and drive like tractors. We use to have one; traded it for a 3 cylinder cruiser motorcycle.
