In 2007, a 1/2-scale slat-grille Willys MB powered by a 13hp OHV Honda engine was being built, and promoted at car shows, by East Coast Mini Classics of Sanford, Maine. Apparently they are no longer producing the Willys.
Features included hydrostatic drive, dual hydraulic disc brakes, full floating aluminum differential (1.7:1 ratio is standard), and complete lighting system. There were a variety of configurations (100K JPEG), mostly military-style, including a "monster wheel" version, with prices starting at about $6000.
Junior Replicas were large, detailed 2/3-scale gas-powered CJ-2As made in Brazil but also distributed in North America and Europe as of 2006, and selling for about $9,000. There was also a military version. but as of early 2009 it's not clear whether they are still available.
Bemak in the Philippines still makes a 59-inch long steel mini slat-grille MB body for which you supply your own running gear. See more details on a web page from D&L Bensinger, who as of 2025 listed it for $1550 in the U.S.
Mini Slat Grille Runs Like a Deere is Colin Peabody's 1/2-scale MB built with a Bemak body and a John Deere lawn tractor.
Golf-cart king Cushman offered a gas-powered jeep at one time (right). See also the rear-mount engine and gearing, the grille with the Cushman logo, and the interior (20K JPEG).
Andrew Petroski found and photographed this homemade mini-Jeep -- its origins are unknown. Anyone recognize it?
See Jeeps in Cuba on CJ3B.info, for a gas-powered mini-Jeep, not much larger than this one, carrying five people.
The "Ani-Car," made in Germany, was advertised on the web as a "A Children's Dream," but the website and perhaps this manufacturer have disappeared.
Some parade units of the Shriners Fraternity drive miniature Jeeps. Thanks to Doris Anne Beaulieu for this image of the "Renegades" of the Kora Shriners in Maine.
Baseball great Ted Williams is seen here clowning on a Shriners' Jeep Patrol vehicle, on the cover of a book by Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime.
This vintage example in Ohio was reportedly built in the 1940s for use in recruiting parades. It has been re-powered with a
Honda engine (120K JPEG) and was advertised on Facebook in 2025 for $2500.
The dashboard has a panel with key start and a kill switch, plus horn and lights. See also a front view (110K JPEG).
Thanks to Fernando Sgrillo, Jarek Skonieczny and all the other contributors. -- Derek Redmond
See garden tractors that look like CJ-3Bs on the Green Thumb Jeeps page.
See also Battery-Powered Jeep Riding Toys.
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