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by Eric B » Tue May 03, 2011 6:15 am
Hello Luigi
Your MB is definetly a Canadian Contract. Yes as you indicated the holes on the left of the dash are for the axle and stop light switches and plate. Sometimes in the field a switch was also added to the dash for the wiper motor. The fender lights look like they are CJ signal lights so these would have been added after the fact. If your black out marker lights were moved to those locations it would indicate that the British might have also used the jeep at some point during the war.
Leigh your frame number is that of the Canadian Contract as well. Contract 241or 242. Since it was in the UK it would most likley be 242 as that is the contract which was shipped over to the UK. The earliest date i have is 12 Feb 1942 for frame number 118760.
Proper CDN Contract 242 replacement data plates are available from Dirk Leegwater(lwdparts.com) and mvdataplates (mvdataplates.com)
Dirk also has some of the hard to find wiper parts but not the wiper motor itself. He also has the pass plates, switches and headlight guards.
A fellow Canadian Marc Belanger has made up the switch plate, which he has for sale.
Repro tie down rings are available but i am not sure who is now selling them, as are bridge plates, usually available in the UK.
Canada did not keep files on vehicles and the War Department number was assigned at the time the vehicle was assigned to the unit, therefore they do not have any particular order compared to the vehicle serial number.
When it comes time for markings (or camouflage) let me know as i can also help you in this area.
If you sand down the sides of the hood there still might be the CND WD number present unless the hood was exchanged in a rebuild. The same goes for the windshield as Unit and Div markings were on each edge.It could have been used by British forces after the war as we left many in the UK. These would have been issued a post war British number, which files are present somewhere in one of the Regimental museums.But you need a researcher to look it up for you at a cost.
If you give me the Engine numbers i can look up in my files to see if these might have been used by the CDN's as well. My GPW engine came out of a contract 505 MB.
Luigi your vehicle has come a long way from the first photos, looks great. To bad i will not be in your part of Italy later this year to see it close up.
Eric
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Looking for Canadian WW2 Jeep and Trailer Serial Numbers as well as other data.
Thanks