Technical & Historical Publications Military Jeeps 1950-

wesk · Last edited by wesk on Thu May 31, 2018 11:10 am; edited 1 time in total

I often mention that in addition to the standard military manuals a restorer will often find the Civilian Factory manuals useful as well. But I always seem to overlook one of the best written restoration guides out there. "Jeep CJ Rebuilder's Manual 1946-1971 by Moses Ludel.

This manual is extremely useful and especially for the new comer to this fine art of jeep restoration.

His forward tells it all:

A quick check on Amazon and you will see that any copy of this manual used will cost over $32.

https://www.amazon.com/Jeep-Rebuilders-Manual-1946-1971-Restoration/dp/0837610370
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Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100

Mjeeps photo album: http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=Wes-Knettle&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

4x4M38 · Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 9:39 am Post subject:

100 percent Wes. One of the first things I bought after the “project.”
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Brian
1950 M38
MC11481
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=album372&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

billybob

Thank you Wesk for the reminder. I'll certainly see if I can find one at a decent price.
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1952 M-38 # 53623 - 2-52. M 416 trailer.

4x4M38 · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:11 am Post subject:

And there are two versions.

You will want the 1946-1971 version.
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Brian
1950 M38
MC11481
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=album372&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

Jeff_Lee · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:17 am Post subject:

Dittos.
I find it to be a good complement to reading the Willys and Military manuals. When a first read of the official manual doesn't click, I refer to the Moses manual - and viz-versa.
Also many handy hints on tools and tricks.
Get both!
Jeff
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1951 M38 restoration project - Flightline Jeep MC 23923 DoD 6-51
1954 M-100 Trailer USMC Dunbar Kapple s/n M-750759 DoD 1-54
1947 Willys CJ2A - Harvest Green
1954 Ford F-100 Parts chaser - blueprinted Y-Block
Southeast Florida

GPA · Member Joined: Aug 07, 2008 Posts: 216 Location: Hungary

There is one drawback of the Moses book: He likes to "modify" a little too much for our purposes.
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1960 M38A1, M100 Trailer

Rick_L · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:29 am Post subject:

I know the owner of the Jeep on the cover.


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