My 1942 Willys Slat Grill BODY TUB NUMBER FOUND!

Nov. 18, 1941 - MB100001 thru Mar. 6, 1942 - MB125809 NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
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My 1942 Willys Slat Grill BODY TUB NUMBER FOUND!

Post by 1945Willys6202 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:07 pm

Hey guys! I bought this Jeep from Terry O' Connor at CMA, and it is great. He repaired some holes in the body, sanded it, and gave it a fresh new paint job for me! I just picked it up today, so I wanted to know what you guys think of it. I have an original Slat Grill coming for it soon also, so that will be awesome to put on it. Thanks
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by ccdoran » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:32 pm

Great Slat from the pics! We could give you a better idea of what exactly you have if you could post pics of the gauges and of the engine compartment. Nice grab!
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by AVG » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:07 pm

Nice looking jeep! :D
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by Jim Kilbourne » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:30 am

its a nice looking jeep...

do you have the other numbers, or pics of the tags, etc?
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by 1945Willys6202 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:13 am

Thank you very much!
As of now, I don't have any pictures of the tags, because when I got it, it had GPW data tags on it, so they were of no use to me. The serial number I went with was 102833, because this is a december slat grill.
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Post by 1945Willys6202 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:14 am

Here are some more pictures... :D
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1945 Willys MB 424285
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by Jim Kilbourne » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:06 pm

if you just 'went with' a number, how do you know its age and/or serial number?

post the body tub number and I can help...
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by 1945Willys6202 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:19 pm

By the body, which has no glove box, I knew that it was a 1941. By the frame, we could tell that it was a late 1941. I will have to get the body number, so that maybe I can figure more out.
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by TCWakefield » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:10 pm

...if you go by the combat wheels, it would be at least a 42, If you go by the counterbalanced needle on the speedometer, it would be a 44 or 45, if you go by the windshield, it could be a 41 but not #2833, if you go by the pintle hook, you have a M151, if you go by the left front spring, it would be a GPW, if you go by the steering wheel it would be a late war model and if you go by the missing notch on the cowl seam near the E brake, you have a Oct 41 :shock: or an M201 (also :shock: ) . If the gusset is original to the tub you can at least date the tub - if the frame has no tag, the guesswork begins but can be narrowed down by features. I don't want to badmouth your Jeep - just pointing out a few NOT 41MB things. Either way, this looks like a very good starting point.
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by brucemb » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:28 am

Just for info, it would be interesting to understand what tub you have as all slats with the exception of slat #1 (100001) had the notch above the parking brake handle on the dash panel. I have slat number 18 (100018) with the original tub and it has the notch. Photographs exist of slat #1 without the notch, hence it's believed that is the only tub that does not have a notch.

Any other info out there on this particular feature of the slat tubs?

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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by ccdoran » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:29 am

Hi Bruce,

What notch are you refering to? Can you post a pic?

Thanks,
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by Toby W » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:30 am

Chris,
Look at John Farleys book: "The standardized War time Jeep"
I sent you an email with the picture - don't want to post it in public b/c of copyright

As Tony mentioned, the M201 did not have this feature either!
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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by Toby W » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:40 am

The tool box lids in the picture have the single hinge - Nov and Dec slat grills had the double hinged lids

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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by Barry Hampton » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:40 am

I cant have very good definition on my computer as I can't make out a notch or not in the cowl! I did spot the screw heads on the hood side for the greasegun which didnt come in until 44.
I thnk your best bet is to check what you have on your Jeep against the sticky list of slat grill differences, here on the slat grill forum, so you can start to see exactly what you do have.
Even if its not a 41, or predominently not a slat grill, it still looks a decent Jeep.

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Re: My 1941 Willys Slat Grill

Post by Jim Kilbourne » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:55 pm

does your frame have the multi-piece, welded construction battery box floor?....
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