Recent content by JEB

My GUESS is white means a past Civil Defense assignment. I'm not sure if U.S. Army vehicles were painted for UN work. Often times, the UN peacekeepers were from countries like Canada or Sweden, not the U.S. (for political..to look more "independent" .) Now if it were a Canadian M38A1, that...

Fuel gauge is inop. Waiting to get it into the shop. In the past I've run out of fuel when the engine died going up a long, fairly steep hill. Filled it with fuel and its okay. The other day I was climbing a hill and I lost power near the crest. At the top, all was well. When I got home I...

What I did today... Washed it. The background... A few days ago the event coordinator for the local military vehicle club asked if I could support the Air National Guard at a career night at a local high school. They wanted an attention getter and thought a AF painted MV would be fun. Well...

The thread title reads M38A1...but you say you have a M38. Big difference. Your photo shows a M38. For M38 TMs go here: http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=62 If the link doesn't work for you, you may have to join the forum. It is free. If you want...

Not much new to report since I was rained out of taking it to the Air National Guard's centennial event a couple of weeks back. It was the first rain in weeks....figures. Today, as usual, took it to Sunday breakfast at the local fast food joint. I have taken all of my old cars there, most are...

Spring is here...and a newer Jeep owner learned something. Got my M38A1 our of the back of the garage for the season (it is three wide and two deep, so the summer only vehicles go in the back during the winter). While I was testing the tire pressure in the other vehicles, I thought I'd do the...

Spent waaay too much time trying to attach Underhood decals. They would not stick. Yes, I cleaned the surface beforehand. Nice looking set I got from my usual source. Specifically, the crescent shaped FRAM oil filter decal and the battery box warning. Two small decals did stick, albeit with...

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Nice job in preserving it. My dad was an USAF pilot, so I grew up around those things...they were used as fighter unit "hacks". They were so ubiquitous that many forget hoe historic they are. Developed from the first widely used American jet fighter, and it is no exaggeration to say the T-33...

Up here in the Pacific Northwest, it is getting to be the time of year when the topless Jeep stays inside for a couple of months. I have added a new accessory to it, A small Motorola portable radio a VHF/ FM, AN/PRC-59 or 61, aka a "lunchbox" or Handie Talkie...circa 1958-61 (sources differ)...

I'm pleased that someone had he same Idea as me...electric wipers but the vacuum tube switch for appearances. Mine had the mounting holes and I wanted them them filled. I bought a NOS switch ($20), I'll fit it during the winter work. My only problem is with the deeper electric box atop the...

Question.. Those look like aftermarket electric wipers....like mine. Yet you still have the manual one-off switch on the hose? Correct? My wiper wires run through the hose, yet I'd like to add the old style on-off switch to make it look stock. If any assumptions are correct, how did you do it...

Speaking of Civil Defense.... I just bought off eBay a late '50s - early '60s Motorola portable two way radio... It has a CD sticker and serial. (Photo is off internet of a similar unit, could not upload the eBay photo). I hate to mention this, but I plan on displaying it in my USAF marked...

A lot of military surplus M38A1s (and other vehicles) ended up with local Civil Defense units, Civil Air Patrol, and various local and state government agencies. You can still see them with rural fire departments. Our local Fire District has two which tow plows to make fire lines on wildfires.

That makes sense..given the numbers I posted which came from the DB you mentioned. With #17000 in 9/52 and #48000 in 4/53...that's about 5000 A month (difficult to say since we don't know when on the month they were produced, early or late). One question...did Will's produce them on the same...