The 1921 Willys Knight
Wednesday, 5th May 2010
The origin of this car has begun just when J.N. Willys met up with Charles Y. Knight whilst on a trip to England. Knight has convinced Willys that the sleeve valve engine had some very desirable features over the poppet valve motor. As soon as he reached England, J.N. Willys hired a Knight sleeve valve powered Daimler and covered 4,500 miles of English and Scottish roads in just 15 days – a decent test for those days.
1921 Willys Knight
