Willys knew that the Army would want an improved model and started
development of the MA even as the Quad was being tested. In the three-way deal,
1,500 MA's were ordered. The MA was definitley an evolutionary vehicle. Very
much different than the later MB, the MA featured a column shift and a host of
other detail changes that put it between the Quad and the MB. The basic
drivetrain was still the Warner Gear and Spicer components of the Quad, Ford and
Bantam. The MA is the least common of the pre-production Willys, with only about
30 examples known to exist of the 1,553 originally built; most were sent to
Russia under Lend-Lease. This MA belongs to the Alabama Center for Military
History. (Alabama Center for Military History)