It's possible and it's just as possible that a post military civilian owner added it. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Joined: Feb 06, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: Findlay, Ohio
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:34 pm Post subject:
Now you have me wondering, I have a 51 m38 with a pto that was there as far as I can tell originally. and then I read about the bailey bridges. somebody please enlighten me. I really don`t know if what I have is a cdn or not either.
I have been wrenching on these jeeps since 1970 and today I still cannot say with 100% accuracy that any part was there originally from the factory.
Only a handful of M38's came from Willys with a PTO and winch. Those that did have a dash model weight and serial plate with the phrase w/winch on it.
Over the last 53 years (over a half century) there has been thousands of opportunities for thousands of civilian owners to add PTO's to their surplus M38's for any of a dozen purposes.
This US M38 came without a winch & PTO.
A US Built M38 that came from Willys with a winch & PTO would have had this plate.
Many folks agree that M38 CDN's all had winches & PTO's but that they were added in the field by the Canadian Military.
Yet look at this M38 CDN Plate:
_________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
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Now you have me wondering, I have a 51 m38 with a pto that was there as far as I can tell originally. and then I read about the bailey bridges. somebody please enlighten me. I really don`t know if what I have is a cdn or not either.
