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if you look in Louisville craigslist their is a jeep for sale they say is a 1955. Supposedly a proto type has a ford 4 cylinder engine . it looks a lot like the jeeps from Vietnam era has coil spring front suspension. just put 1955 jeep im search at the cars and truck section I cant post a pic they want 6000 for it something don't seem right

I'm guessing it's an XM151? It looks like a version of an XM151E2. Seems the Army experimented with wider tires...hence the flares.

~or~

It could be someones recreation of an XM151. I would think the data tag would tell?

See this: http://www.g838.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t ... 6&start=15

IF its a real XM151 You should DEFINITELY snag it ASAP!!


Here's a pic:

That might have been a prototype for some special application at that fort. It does not resemble accurately the Ford XM151 Prototypes.

Wes:

If you go to that G838 site I posted they have a couple of other pictures that look VERY similar.

I am guessing a repaired or very modified. The 838 site shows the flare fender XM151A1B looked a bit different.



The very early XM151 has some good photos here:https://plus.google.com/photos/10533514 ... banner=pwa

Aren't most of them "repaired" or "restored" by the time we get to them today.

Anyway, kinda cool. I just love old MV...every one of them has a story to tell and part of the fun is digging it up.

If I had the money I would buy it but I don't. the old lady wants a house lol

You never know what you might find out there! I found a year ago or so what I believe was an experimental high flotation M38A1 in a Pennsylvania junk yard. It looked just like the pictures I have seen.

Unfortunately, the seller was clearing out the junk yard and two more unrestorable M38A1's had to go with it which was just to many jeeps to buy.