Honest mistake??
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- davem201m38
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Honest mistake??
Take a look at this ePay jeep, supposedly a 1955 M38A1 here in the UK. Strange that the vendor will not return my emails, strange also that it's a private listing.
Item number 120139079628
I'll try and post the link below;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1
What do you think??
All the best,
Dave.
Item number 120139079628
I'll try and post the link below;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1
What do you think??
All the best,
Dave.
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Fake Ebay M38A1
As I read his "thorough" description of his "M38A1" I couldn´t resist a slight smile
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Unfortunately these kind of "mistakes" are the norm regarding our beloved jeeps. How many times have I seen here in Argentina an advertised war era MB Willys only to find it was a much more mundane CJ2A or 3A?
That´s what these great forums are for, aren´t they???
By the way, "caveat emptor" is latin for: "let the buyer beware", an antique principle in commerce that states that the buyer alone is responsible for assessing the quality of a purchase before buying"...
Cheers from Patagonia ARGENTINA
Gaston



Unfortunately these kind of "mistakes" are the norm regarding our beloved jeeps. How many times have I seen here in Argentina an advertised war era MB Willys only to find it was a much more mundane CJ2A or 3A?
That´s what these great forums are for, aren´t they???



By the way, "caveat emptor" is latin for: "let the buyer beware", an antique principle in commerce that states that the buyer alone is responsible for assessing the quality of a purchase before buying"...

Cheers from Patagonia ARGENTINA
Gaston
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M606A2?
The Argentine Army received a small number of them (only 20) in 1968 under MDAP. I have seen some of them and the UK example is certainly not a M606A2 or A3 (the militarized version of the CJ5, the latter one was an A2 with an auxiliary 24V power system kit).
The M606A2 and A3 variants had (as in the M38A1) no rear folding tailgate and did have a cowl mounted battery box with cover (although this is hardly visible in the supplied photos). By the way, although the rear lights are not original, the M606A2 and A3 had the same type as the ones in the M38A1 although mounted outboard, that is to say, externally to the body, and were of the same type left and right (2 rear service, stop and blackout lights) with the blackout stoplight in a separate unit above the right tail light. They also had body steps, and the spare tire and gas can carrier were located as in the M38A1.
The M606A2 and A3 variants had (as in the M38A1) no rear folding tailgate and did have a cowl mounted battery box with cover (although this is hardly visible in the supplied photos). By the way, although the rear lights are not original, the M606A2 and A3 had the same type as the ones in the M38A1 although mounted outboard, that is to say, externally to the body, and were of the same type left and right (2 rear service, stop and blackout lights) with the blackout stoplight in a separate unit above the right tail light. They also had body steps, and the spare tire and gas can carrier were located as in the M38A1.