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"Ya, sure General...go down to the minefield and turn left...at the German sentry"..."Ya can't miss it!"
"Last I saw of the booze bus Gener'l it went that a' way...................."
The S on the jeep bonnet does that signify HQ Staff only!
Is that a Luftwaffe eagle on the holster in the foreground?
Looks like a Wehrmacht eagle, wings are too straight.
I can see the stars on his helmet.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Yes...Quote:
Originally Posted by matthanne1
Cannot see to much due to angle of the helmet but I would say a 2 star General as the 2 white dots are close to the center line of the helmet next Q who is the General?
Yes...Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
I thought that the S stood for suppression such as ferrite beads to prevent electrical interference (EMI) with radio communicationsQuote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
GI to the driver's left smoking has a nice bullet crease in his helmet.
That's why he smokes.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardX
The "S" on the hood simply means the jeep is radio suppressed. They are normally found on the cowl behind the hood in line with the USA number. Incidentally, the hood number or "USA" number stands for Untied States Army and were ALL originally painted in blue drab paint not white and were 2" numbers and were applied at the Ford and Willys factory not at the unit level.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
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Notice the "S" on this period photo.
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Notice too the obvious white HQ 121 on the windshield skin vs the blue drab on the hood.
Here is a Ford GPW coming out of the factory.
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This is a very early Willys MB "slat grill" and note the hand applied "S" on the cowl. This is when they were starting to "suppress" jeeps.
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Bill, do you know anything about the Navy 24 volt Jeeps? We restored one back in the '70s and converted it to 12 volt but I'd always wondered about them.
Bob
Flat fender? If so, an M38. If it had the CJ5 look then an M38A1. Lots of 24 volt systems were converted to 12 as were 6 volt to 12.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Womack
M38
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M38A1
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Hi Bill, does the M38A1 have the snorkel?
Refer your early Jeep questions to the 'cj2apage'. They are very helpful and the website has answers to just about anything you may want to know about MB/GPW/CJ2A. There are also other websites for these old military vehicles that can provide more information.
A small number of Jeeps were manufactured to take a snorkel, very rare to find one.
All of the "M series vehicles can be equipped with a snorkel. I refer folks to g503.com where I have been a member since it started back in 1998,Quote:
Originally Posted by frankderrico
Bill will take two...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
Some of the U.K. car manufacturers during the 1950s exported a few/some of their cars in kit form and these were known as "Completely Knocked Down" (CKD) cars. Did/does the U.S. use this term and were these "Jeeps in a Box" known as "Completely Knocked Down Jeeps"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
It was an m38 bought as-is, where-is from surplus. We went out to recover it and found it axle- and floor-pan-deep in dried mud with dry-rotted tires. It had to be pickaxed out and winched onto a flat-bed. We had to rebuild the engine completely and the front-end transfer box was pretty much locked up engaged so we put twist-hubs on the front axles to allow us to engage the front drive. Its official use was to pull a research boat on its trailer. Wearing my fatigues or 1505 tan uniform, I used to ride it to Civil Air Patrol meetings back during Vietnam years and get some nasty stares, ugly comments, and was even spat at in the uniform. An ugly time but a great memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Hollinger
Bob
Yes, Sir........Kraut prisoners just dug fresh latrines, General......right down there, on the right.
ALDI Special ~ Flat pack Willy's jeeps 2 for the price of one wont, last be quick..........!