War surplus paperwork for Jeep

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War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by Stretch44875 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:47 am

Paperwork that came with my 45 MB

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Re: War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by David » Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:13 am

Amazing documents... 'boxed' :o

Just a pity the jeeps on that list don't have frame- and hoodnumbers included. :lol:

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Post by 70th Division » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:26 am

Hello,

WOW !!

Now this is Proof Positive , that after all the speculations, and assumptions, over the years, one way or the other, and through the sands of time, ....... that .........

JEEPS were indeed offered and sold in Crates/ Boxes, in disassembled and new condition, by the US Army here in the USA !!!

I have heard this over many years, by several people who reported this, but this is just a rare and highly interesting set of
documents.

I imagine that these documents are about as rare as the Bantams, and 1941 Ford GP's on the list.

Great work, thanks for sharing with the Jeep World !!!!

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Post by 70th Division » Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:16 pm

Hello Stretch,

Such important documents, could you also post these under the Jeep History Research section as well,
so they don't get overlooked in this busy General area ?

Best Regards,

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Post by Stretch44875 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:23 pm

Done

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Post by brian in denver » Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:41 pm

love looking up old addresses like that. 704 race st. is still there.

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Post by 70th Division » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:07 pm

Great Work Stretch !!!

Now it will be better seen !!
I will transfer my comments there too .

Ray

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Post by Fortyeight2A » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:08 pm

I think I went to that Broad St. address in Columbus Ohio early in 1972 to look at some surplus stuff for sale. No MBs or GPWs then, though. :( Just 3 M-38s that had burned up.
Is it true real Jeeps have flat fenders?
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Post by Mark 1 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:49 pm

Great find, and thanks for sharing :)
In 1946 what was roughly the average price of a run of the mill family car back then ?
I am not sure what the exchange rate between the pound and dollar was then, but $700 ish seems a fair bit, or were you guys across the pound all earning big time in the 1940’s 8)

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Post by Mark Jesic » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:35 am

What a find, fantastic history, how ironic that the 41 and 42 jeeps were so much cheaper then. How times, (and prices )have changed. :D

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Re: War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by Stretch44875 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:02 am

Topic move to jeep history section

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Re: War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by rondo » Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:14 am

Loved reading that, thanks for posting.
I recall reading a follow up book by Dick Winters (band of brothers) and he said as a private his pay was 22$ a month. that would be an expensive jeep! Assuming you saved almost all of your paycheck and didn't get promoted it would take you over 3 years to save up.

I seem to recall that when he made 2LT with airborne pay it jumped to over 200 a month.

I also seem to recall that as a kid, my best friends grandpa who served in WW2 in Germany told us a few war stories. I asked if he'd ever been a Sergeant. He said yes, 3 times! He said he didn't like being a Sergeant, because those guys got killed.

Now I suspect few save their whole paycheck. My father who was in around 1958 said they were paid so poorly that they had $ for liquor and fun but saved very little.

Not such a great deal now is it?

Would you spend 3 years pay on a govt surplus HMMWV? :lol:
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Re: War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by gerrykan » Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:12 pm

The third document posted states that they don't have the particular model jeep he specified at that location.
I wonder what model he specified? Bantam? GP? MA?
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Re: War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by gpw_42 » Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:53 am

rondo wrote:
Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:14 am
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Not such a great deal now is it?

Would you spend 3 years pay on a govt surplus HMMWV? :lol:
Concur with your "not such a great deal" conclusion.

In 1946, the average annual civilian income was $2600, per the AFCEA link below. Apparently, a new car averaged between $1100 - $1400 in 1946, depending which source one wants to believe (https://www.afcea.org/content/price-lif ... 46-vs-2006) or (http://www.tvhistory.tv/1946%20QF.htm). To these jeeps were a substantial savings, UP FRONT. Somehow, I suspect that we have better access to spare parts today than in 1946.

Interesting thread, thanks to the OP for posting these documents!

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Re: War surplus paperwork for Jeep

Post by Cal.Bar » Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:28 pm

Well... not so sure it was a bad purchase. Based upon an inflation calculator I found on the net, $782 in 1946 dollars would be about $9,800.00 today. Can YOU buy a new vehicle today for $9,800? Can you by a brand new WWII era jeep today for $9,800.00. Figure that same brand new jeep if uncrated in 2017 would run $30K+


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