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Bill_F Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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I 100% sure my hood number was factory applied. I have good reason to believe that. |
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wesk Site Administrator
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Bill_F Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Proof will come soon enough |
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wesk Site Administrator
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BullRun Member
Joined: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 459
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Wes, thanks for the pictures. I can't recall ever finding an old Air Force vehicle in my part of the country so the pictures for me are very interesting. On the other hand Marine Corps vehicles are a dime a dozen. Army vehicles slightly less.
I have an Army M38A1 that did go through a rebuild program and it has several ID tags that prove it. Do these Air Force vehicles have any rebuild tags?
For the record chrome yellow is basically a generic term for a group of specialized yellows not generally available except by custom mixing for those who might want to know.
Anyway, these Arctic Top Air Force vehicles sound very intriguing. Willys was a very busy place in the '50's.
Here's a couple more:
Here's an Air Force M606A2 with civvy hard top.
Here's a very nice looking 9 year old M38 with an arctic top and nice looking Strata Blue paint and no rust. Wanna bet this jeep got a brand new tub and blue paint to replace the tire rusted tub it had????
Now if this jeep got restored later in it's life I can almost guarantee the restorer would find traces of these registration numbers. |
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16355 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Willys supplied the jeeps in canvas only. Although Willys built arctic top kits for the Army so did several other manufacturers.
The Air Force used a lot of tops at northern tier bases because they were still reasonably comfortable during the warm months. Most USAF vehicles would have had the tops at least semi-permanent by adding interior lights and often antennas and roof warning lamps. In some cases the tops were painted white and in some cases the civvy aftermarket CJ3A tops were used.
There are copies of business news releases floating around that list some of the Arctic top contracts which were for several thousand tops at a time. _________________ 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 |
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Bill_F Member
Joined: Apr 17, 2005 Posts: 891 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:36 am Post subject: |
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[quote="BullRun"]
Here's a very nice looking 9 year old M38 with an arctic top and nice looking Strata Blue paint and no rust. Wanna bet this jeep got a brand new tub and blue paint to replace the tire rusted tub it had????
For only being 9 years old when the picture was taken I would think it still has its original tub and probably had a repaint.
The proof about my jeep will come soon enough. |
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BullRun Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Hi Bill: I think Wes added those extra pictures through some internet magic (Thanks Wes) as I did not add them or there is a ghost in the machine. |
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Bill_F Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Strange things happening with the internet. |
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