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Good day, all! Most of the information is pretty self explanatory on the main identification tag of our '53 M38A1 but on the main tag is an eagle with three arrows and the initials FPM. Could anyone help with this information? Thanks in advance.

That was our intention but until we can get to it we were hoping for a temporary fix.

Good day all! After a new set of spark plugs and wiring and a carburetor rebuild our 1053 m38a1 is running nicely. Dad and I have enjoyed several rides that make us forget about the oppressive Ohio heatwave. We have a question regarding a leaky transfer case seal. Have any of you had...

We are working on a few motor issues on our new to us M38A1 and the filter that is on it is a NAPA Gold 1006. A google search brings up a mixed bag of answers regarding them being good or bad to use. What are your thoughts on this? Should we be using something else? Thanks in advance.

Im thinking that the original rods for the canvas were gone so the guy made these as a makeshift solution. We didnt feel the need for them as there were no issues when we drove it down the road so for now I guess we will omit them. We probably wont have the canvas up too much anyway. thanks...

Thank you all for the information! Im sure we will have more questions to follow. There are some motor issues that we are tackling.

Hello! My dad and I realized our dream and recently purchased an Army Jeep! It's a 1953 M28A1 in fairly good condition. Still needs a little tlc but we are thrilled with it. I have a couple of possibly stupid questions for a new old MV owner. 1st question is regarding the canvas top. We...