If you've ever had a passing interest in the history of independent
American car manufacturers, you've come across mention of Delmar
"Barney" Roos. He jumped around from Pierce-Arrow to Studebaker to
Willys-Overland, among other car manufacturers, and made his biggest
dent in automotive history when he laid his hands on the World War II
Jeep.
But what drove the man, and who was he? Jack Woodard answers
those questions in a short biography of Roos in SIA #43,
January-February 1978.
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