1944 MB
My jeeps number are:
Engine serial number: MB583391
Dashboard and frame tag serial numbers match: 351115
Hood number 20351544
Any info available? Thanks
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1944 MB Jeep
37mm Gun, Antitank, M3A1 USA
French 25mm SA.L Model 1937
Replica Kubelwagen from VW Thing
My Frame Serial Number on my 1942 Ford GPW .. believe this puts my production date somewhere between 15-21 July 1942. My head is a GPW marked head not sure about the engine but the serial number indicates what I believe indicates that the engine was replaced in 1943 .. can anyone confirm that based on the engine serial number?
FRAME SN
ENGINE SN
LTC Mark Koloc USA (RET)
MVPA Member # 31144
1631 Bitter Creek Lane
Batavia, OH 45103
Cell: 1.715.821.9426 mkoloc44@yahoo.com
I believe that GPW motor was not a 1943 replacement at all....I believe it came out of GPW<->51487 after WWII. By the way, I have GPW<->17963 and it has a motor in it with GPW<->51122 stamped on the boss, which is as close as I can determine probably came out of a July 1942 GPW with that serial number on it. It is also a post WWII engine swap in my opinion.
Both MB motors 514875 and 512132 should have casting date codes of mid Nov. 44 ( 11 - ?? ) and machining date ( very small font ) near the rear main bearing cap of mid to late Nov. 44. The number digits seen in the red box in your photo above is not the machining date of your MB motor.
Sorry, I did not mention that it is a rebuilt Ford GPW engine, not an MB.
My engine rebuild serial number has been stamped over the erased original engine serial number.
Yves
Ford GPW 1943 - Louisville - DoD 12-7-43
serial 164794
The only thing missing is the hood number which I have not been able to determine from the original owner. Would love help determining this last valuable part of the puzzle.
1944 GPW. Thankfully the dataplates were kept as is and never restored. I'm going to put on a repro glove box door with repro stamped dataplates and keep the original stored as is.
208102
6-26-44
The frame number looks like it matches the serial... as it seems to look like 208102. Thoughts on the best way to make that show up a little better? Not sure who/what left those scratch marks at the beginning.