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mydadsjeep Member
Joined: Apr 26, 2017 Posts: 50 Location: Butler pa
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:50 pm Post subject: Are these M38A1 Jeeps? |
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Found this picture and wondered about the horizontal fenders.. I heard these were early M38A1 jeeps? Can anyone say is there are a common thing or any information on them.
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keats Member
Joined: Apr 14, 2005 Posts: 338 Location: Middletown Ct
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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interesting photo.they are all m38a1. not sure what you mean by "horizontal" fenders. The first jeep (on the right and the last jeep) have the later front fender with the straight vertical seam on the side, while the second jeep (middle) has the early fender with the diagonal seam. _________________ Gary Keating
1949 C3A, 1952 M38,
1954 M170, 1957 Cj3B |
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16376 Location: Wisconsin
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MoxM38 Member
Joined: Oct 24, 2015 Posts: 26 Location: Salem, SC
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bbloom Member
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kenperkins Member
Joined: Apr 14, 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Livermore Ca.
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:33 am Post subject: |
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the louver is different than whats shown in the meter manual...
the registration number and star on the hood is applied just like I found mine _________________ '51 M38 #22936,
'51 M100 Dunbar
#01164782
'53 M100 Dunbar
M416b1
2- M762
MVPA #11788
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16376 Location: Wisconsin
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RonD2 Member
Joined: Oct 02, 2014 Posts: 2017 Location: South Carolina, Dorchester County
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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I always get a chuckle when I hear somebody say or when I read "Hot Water Heater" (especially in official Army publications).
Why is it necessary to heat already hot water? I could be mistaken, but it seems to me it's just a plain old-fashioned "water heater" --- that's what I have in my home anyway (can't afford a "hot water heater")..... you can call me a chuckle head if you want..... And all this time I was thinking that the L134 motor did all the water heating and the kit just put a fan across it into the passenger compartment?
Standing by to get chewed out for hi-jacking the topic...... It started with asking if these are M38A1 fenders then drifted to stray eyeballs (was Jayne Mansfield hot or what?) and finally landed on M38 hot water heaters..... Maybe I'm not off topic after all.
To be fair, maybe when the Army said "Hot Water Personnel Heater" they were referring to heating soldiers that are in "hot water" from doing something stupid the night before and getting caught? _________________ Ron D.
1951 M38 Unknown Serial Number
1951 M100 Dunbar Kapple 01169903 dod 5-51
“The only good sports car that America ever made was the Jeep."
--- Enzo Ferrari
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16376 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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I'll try to help you understand. The "Gas Heaters" aren't meant to heat the gas. They are (Gas = adjective) heaters that burn gas to produce heat. Hot Water Heaters use the adjectives hot and water to help- ID what this heater uses to produce heat. I used only 3 short sentences to sort out your 5 sentence (If I don't count the 5 multi-period thought interrupters "Funny" misunderstanding" _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
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Jeff_Lee Member
Joined: Jan 27, 2014 Posts: 151 Location: West Palm Beach FL area
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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I thought that was Jane M. (what were my first two clues?)!
Better Jane than the CO's wife, which would certainly "cage" the eyeballs. The guy sitting on the rear fender-well, better have lived in the BOQ's, otherwise his wife didn't talk to him for a month.
Look at the polish job on that M38... never again did it look that good! Nobody needed a heater with Jane hanging on the windshield.
Great photo's Wes. Thanks _________________ 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
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RonD2 Member
Joined: Oct 02, 2014 Posts: 2017 Location: South Carolina, Dorchester County
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Wes. You're a gentleman and a scholar (and my Professor). Much appreciated. Thanks for granting a feeble attempt at humor without 86'ing me. _________________ Ron D.
1951 M38 Unknown Serial Number
1951 M100 Dunbar Kapple 01169903 dod 5-51
“The only good sports car that America ever made was the Jeep."
--- Enzo Ferrari
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RonD2 Member
Joined: Oct 02, 2014 Posts: 2017 Location: South Carolina, Dorchester County
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Jeff!
If I had an M38 today with U.S.A. registration number 20914298 I'd never wash it!
Hey! Maybe I'll just re-paint my hood numbers........ _________________ Ron D.
1951 M38 Unknown Serial Number
1951 M100 Dunbar Kapple 01169903 dod 5-51
“The only good sports car that America ever made was the Jeep."
--- Enzo Ferrari
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TomM Moderator
Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 458 Location: Rhode Island
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:28 pm Post subject: Hood blocks |
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The hood blocks on the M38 look special. |
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Xamon Member
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4x4M38 Member
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