Bell Housing Drain Plug Dash Notice

[Joe Gopan]

This is getting to be fun. I just found a pic of an original "drain plug" metal placard mounted in the same place as mine, just above the gauge panel. So I guess they did exist on at least a few jeeps. This one is on a USMC M38A1.......so maybe the Marines don't do decals! Link and photo below!

http://cloud9classics.com/1953-willys-m ... eep-17900/

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Note the crooked data plate, am sure this is not a factory installation.
Something else to ponder, the Responsible Agency Agent Plate on a USMC M-38A1 would read "Marine Corps" The Army Issued M-38A1 would read "Ordnance". Note that this USMC Jeep Dash Board Data Plate Set indicates "Ordnance", which is not Marine.
OEM Gauges for this period M-38A1 would all be AC.
And the brake and clutch pedals are reversed.
I get a kick out of the sales pitch done by professional antique car specialists, they have lots of embellishments that were not ever applicable. P.T Barnum had a vision.

[Joe Gopan]

Also a good many of the 52-54 era M-38A1 Jeeps had a factory applied plastic like undercoating under the bottom of fenders, body tub and sides.

[Warren Duchesne]

I have 2 M38A1s that I have had for 40+ years and they both had the metal plate from the factory. Warren Duchesne