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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:13 am    Post subject: M38 Tailgate question Reply with quote
Did M38 Jeeps come off the assembly line with tailgate chains? I have seen photos with chains on the tailgate and I have seen photos with just the 2 bolts.

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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
they left Willys bolted shut.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well THAT photo came in handy!
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Indeed it does. I do appreciate this website a great deal.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
We've had 65 years of yes it did, no it didn't, but photos of vehicles
in the factory line are hard to argue with.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ohh! I got my confirmation long before PC's and Google. The first time I looked up tailgate in the 1955 ORD 9 I knew this answer!


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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agree 100% Wes.

We do however have some folks from Missouri here from time to time!



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