Willys 77

The Willys 77 was a small American car sold from 1933 to 1942 by Willys-Overland of Toledo, Ohio, as the successor to the Willys Whippet. It arrived in the same year that the company went into receivership. A 145 cubic inch four-cylinder engine in the front produced 48 horsepower, the wheelbase was 100 inches and the price was under 500 dollars, which made it the cheapest American car of its era; it returned about 25 miles per gallon and reached 65 miles per hour. A tuned 77 averaged 65.2 miles per hour over 24 hours on the Muroc Dry Lake, and the 1933 to 1936 coupes and pickups became very popular as gassers. In the years before American entry into the Second World War the range continued as the Willys 37, 38, 48, Speedway and Americar, and production was discontinued in 1942.