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ANY IDEA ON THE WHERE-A-BOUTS THIS ONE IS REBUILT FROM OR ANY IDEAS ON THE TAG MARKINGS ITSELF OTHER THAN THE OVERSIZE INFO ..I COULDNT POST UP A PICTURE FROM WHERE I AM AT SO HERE IS A LINK http://eastcoastwillys.proboards.com/th ... d-tag-info

THANKS ........

According to a quick search it was in Japan somewhere.
"229TH Ordnance Base Depot, Oppama Ordnance Shop (OOS), located in Japan. I’ve been told that this was a former Japanese navy aircraft rebuild facility located in Yokohama, Japan and was converted to the 229TH Ordnance Base Depot, after the war"
but no guarantee.

Looks like the 229TH Ordnance Base Depot was originally in Japan at least from 1945 through 1954. Seems it later moved to Korea. It was originally established at the Sugita Seaplane Base. Part of the Japan Ordnance Command.

WOW !!

ISNT THAT SOME POOP AND ITS SITTING 150 FEET AWAY FROM ME.

GOING TO HAVE IT LOOKED AFTER ON MONDAY IF ALL GOES WELL AND I CAN FIND THE BETTER HALF TO TAKE IT TO THE MACHINE SHOP..IT TURNS OVER BUT OTHER ISSUES WITH IT..

THANKS GUYS YOU MADE MY DAY WITH THIS INFO ..I MUST SHARE THIS WHERE I POSTED PICTURES OF IT..

WESK..THANKS FOR TRANSFERING THE PHOTO OVER TO HERE I APPRECIATE IT ..ALSO THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US ON HERE

I can confirm that very similar (possibly identical) tags appear on Greek MAP jeeps that were released in the 90s, I'll try and find my old hard drive and see if I can copy them over. Many of the surviving M38s in Europe bare these tags.
True these jeeps were mostly rebuilt in Japan / Korea part of the world from about 53 onwards and shipped to 'friendly' nations to help stave off a Russian invasion by equipping them with rebuilt kit.
Sadly, many European restorers remove these tags from WWII type vehicles to try and boost the WWII provenience.

GREAT AND THANK YOU............

I have a similar rebuild tag on my A1 block. I'll post pictures when I get home this evening. I also was able to successfully uncover rebuild tags from the same Depot on the front and rear diff, transfer and steering gear box. ALL within the same 3 month period in 1956. Pretty amazing.