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Offered for sale is a 2.2L 1963 Hotchkiss M201 manual that has been with the current owner for over 10 years. Coming with an extensive history file, this lot's condition scores 82 / 135.
Classic Car Auctions says: Amazing value "retro-modded" Jeep...The Hotchkiss M201 was the standard light transport vehicle used by the French army from shortly after the war until well into the 1980s. It started as a World War II Jeep, built under licence and in many respects was little changed forty years later. In France, it is usually simply called "La Jeep". Hotchkiss, a French car company had by now built up a reasonable understanding of these vehicles, having been the supplier of manufactured spare parts to the Maltournée based assembly operation, and having also itself been producing Jeeps, primarily for civilian use under licence from Willys. In 1955, 465 Jeeps were produced, and these were called Hotchkiss Licence MBs. From 1956, the vehicle was known simply as the Hotchkiss M201. This 1962 example has been owned by our vendor since 2005 and maintained by his private mechanic who has 'retro-modded' La Jeep to include the accessories of a WWII-era Willys. Cosmetically near identical to its Willys forebear, La Jeep has a sweet running 2.2 litre four cylinder petrol engine and is showing 63,000 kilometres. A relative bargain, at this guide price, compared to its Willys counterpart, La Jeep is itching to join the fray at local car shows or be used in film and TV, as it has been before.