Front Bumper - M38A1

[timjuhl]

I understand that early M38A1's had a shorter front bumper - the carcass that I'm picking parts from was built 10/52 and it has a shorter one. I wonder whether the long bumper was ever retrofitted to Jeeps from early production runs later during their service life?

Tim

[12Bravo]

I can't say for sure about the old jeeps and bumpers. When I was in the Army, we would use what ever parts we could to fix vehicles (as long as it fit and worked)

[wesk]

The early M38A1 short bumper was the M38 bumper. It was superseded by the long bumper and the long bumper became the service replacement for both jeeps.