windscreen wipers

davem201m38 · Post by **davem201m38** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:12 pm

OK excuse my ignorance.

I've just been going through the pictures here in the photo gallery.

I see there are some MP M38s that have windscreen wipers coming down from the top of the windscreen frame and the wiper drive spindle appears to pass through the canvas top?

Also I see two types of bonnet blocks?

I guess this has been gone through before but my search threw nothing up.
Are these changes mods during the production run?
Thanks,
Dave

Post by **wesk** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:55 pm

Stock M38 windshield has wipers at the bottom.

Military heater equipped M38's have the wipers moved to the top of the windshield and relocate the hood blocks.

It's all in the TB's for the heater installs.

kenperkins · Post by **kenperkins** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:34 pm

I have yet to hear or find an explanation for the "L" shaped hood blocks on the M38's pictured in Europe that I think your referring to.

Post by **wesk** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:38 pm

The L shaping of the hood blocks makes the moving and drilling holes per the Heater TB's unnecessary. This allows the windshield frame to rest on the high part and the waiper blade to tuck into the notch.

davem201m38 · Post by **davem201m38** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:32 am

Ah....interesting.

Was the cabvas hood put on over the bare wiper spindles, and then the wiper blades re-fitted?

That particular TM I don't think I have.

Post by **wesk** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:36 am

You are correct.

Look closely and you will also see the notched hood blocks

maeserik · Post by **maeserik** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:38 pm

Wes, where is that photo taken, it looks to me the same buliding as the Belgium army has after the second worldwar on different locations in Germany. I did my military service in 1979 and it is the same building as in Westoven, near Köln. This weekend i will look for about the same photo's, but with belgian CJ3a military jeeps. Is this perhaps an USA base ?

Erik

Post by **wesk** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:35 am

I pulled that off the 385th MP Battalion's web site from the 50's and 60's at Stuttgart GE

http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages ... ?id=728064

maeserik · Post by **maeserik** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:33 am

last reply.. i found some photo's taken in 1980, Westoven by Köln, Germany. The jong boy on the left on the jeep is me...