French take on M38
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:03 pm
After 5 hours in front of this screen I've finally managed to upload the pictures of my 'new' ex French army M38 engine.
Actually it isn't an M38 engine but by, it looks like it.
For those that haven't yet got bored reading me the story goes like this;
The French after the war were broke but by the 50s had vast stocks of broken and goosed MBs and GPWs. They needed a modern jeep for the 1950s but didn't really have the money. So they simply built a 24volt MB and got rid of the known weak points, though why they kept that bloody awful from axle I don't know, well actually I do, it was to keep commonality with the MBs.
Now Pat Ware author of The M201 might not agree but I figure they simply updated the MB design by copying the M38 24 volt system, Pat I think suggests that the M201 system came from an earlier French project reffered to as the Delahey. See what you think.
The best part is; this was rebuilt, balanced and stored with NO EXPENSE SPARED by the French tax payer, I love you France.
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Actually it isn't an M38 engine but by, it looks like it.
For those that haven't yet got bored reading me the story goes like this;
The French after the war were broke but by the 50s had vast stocks of broken and goosed MBs and GPWs. They needed a modern jeep for the 1950s but didn't really have the money. So they simply built a 24volt MB and got rid of the known weak points, though why they kept that bloody awful from axle I don't know, well actually I do, it was to keep commonality with the MBs.
Now Pat Ware author of The M201 might not agree but I figure they simply updated the MB design by copying the M38 24 volt system, Pat I think suggests that the M201 system came from an earlier French project reffered to as the Delahey. See what you think.
The best part is; this was rebuilt, balanced and stored with NO EXPENSE SPARED by the French tax payer, I love you France.
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