17-2-28 Garand Picture of the Day

**browningautorifle** · 03-01-2017 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by RichardX

nice bullet crease

That's why he smokes.

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**Bill Hollinger** · 03-01-2017 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by CINDERS

"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!

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 icon

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.

Notice the "S" on this period photo.

Notice too the obvious white HQ 121 on the windshield skin vs the blue drab on the hood.

**Bill Hollinger** · 03-01-2017 11:46 PM

Here is a Ford GPW coming out of the factory.

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.

**Bob Womack** · 03-02-2017 08:05 AM

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

**Bill Hollinger** · 03-02-2017 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

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.

M38

M38A1

**frankderrico** · 03-02-2017 11:36 AM

Hi Bill, does the M38A1 have the snorkel?

**Daan Kemp** · 03-02-2017 02:07 PM

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.

**Bill Hollinger** · 03-02-2017 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by frankderrico

Hi Bill, does the M38A1 have the snorkel?

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,

**Mark in Rochester** · 03-02-2017 03:23 PM

**browningautorifle** · 03-02-2017 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester

Jeep in a Box

Bill will take two...

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