1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Nov. 18, 1941 - MB100001 thru Mar. 6, 1942 - MB125809 NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:40 am

Hello,

Hopefully this will entertain the Slat section a little :D :D
I recently bought this Slat Grill jeep from another G member, that had earlier posted this project being available, here on the G503, and just like that, it is now in Florida :D :D

Serial number : 121229
Dated 3-6-42
Stamped : BRT for Britain

The jeep stayed in the USA .

This post is just to show the jeep in its current state.
I have many jeeps to do before this one, but at least it has been saved from rusting away.

I do want to get it restored in the future, but it will be a few years down the line.
It also came with an Airborne dump trailer, an M100, and a rust free early CJ2a frame.
Since it was only about 1500 miles round trip away, well you know the story :D :D :D

It does however have a GPA engine, GPW radiator, and GPW transmission in it.

Fortunately I do have a late Slat engine that should fit its production date perfectly.
I also have a Geesink rear panel for a slat as well that I got many years ago back
in high school.

This jeep was made and stamped on the very last day of Slat Grill production !!
I was also Very Happy to see that this jeep was made for the British, having a BRT stamped on the data plate !!
To me that is a great historical marker for this jeep, and it has a current title as well :D :D
It is interesting as you can see changes incorporated in this slat body compared to earlier slat bodies, before the ACM type 1 body was standardized.


The engine will be rebuilt for use in my GPW , as well as the GPW transmission.
The frame has a major rust through issue on front driver's side frame rail.
I wanted to share this Jeep Rescue with the G, it was a big effort, and went very well.
This jeep will ride again, and be restored, but will be waiting a little while .

Here are some photos :
As found
IMG_1022.jpg
IMG_1019.jpg
Loaded up and back in Florida :D
slat19.jpg
slat8.jpg
slat6.jpg
Note the rounded gas tank well, not a squared off earlier slat type.
slat12.jpg
slat11.jpg
Note the glove box and the keyed glove box lock :D
slat30.jpg
slat22.jpg
slat29.jpg
Best Regards,
Ray
Last edited by 70th Division on Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:07 am, edited 3 times in total.


70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:48 am

Hello,

Some additional action photos :
slat33.jpg
slat10.jpg
slat17.jpg
slat5.jpg
slat25.jpg
slat24.jpg
slat23.jpg
slat21.jpg
A nice early GPW F marker rear axle :D
slat28.jpg
The hood and wind deflector are in really good shape !
slat37.jpg


Ray
Last edited by 70th Division on Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:05 am, edited 2 times in total.

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:55 am

Hello,

Here are some more pictures :
slat32.jpg
An original brown Autolite distributor cap :D
slat34.jpg
There is stenciling on the dash for speed limit information
slat35.jpg
slat36.jpg
GPW radiator
slat31.jpg
It appears to have GPA on the engine oval with a number,but I haven't uncovered it yet.
slat4.jpg
slat1.jpg
Best Regards,
Ray

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:28 am

Hello,

And here are some more pictures :D
Hopefully someone restoring a BRT Slat or a slat from this last day of production can find some answers to their restoration questions !!
slat47.jpg
Wow !! Look at the Mileage, 97,272 miles, no wonder the engine and transmission were replaced :D :D
slat30.jpg
slat56.jpg
slat57.jpg
slat63.jpg
slat46.jpg
slat43.jpg
It has brass cap nuts on the mirror bracket
slat48.jpg
slat38.jpg
slat39.jpg
Best Regards,
Ray
Last edited by 70th Division on Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:40 am, edited 1 time in total.

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:37 am

Hello,

Here are some pictures of little details from this last day of Slat MB Jeep Production :D :D
3-6-42
slat40.jpg
slat41.jpg
slat42.jpg
slat55.jpg
slat53.jpg
slat50.jpg
slat44.jpg
slat45.jpg
slat54.jpg
slat58.jpg

Best Regards,
Ray

TwoCar
G-First Lieutenant
G-First Lieutenant
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon May 05, 2014 9:10 am
Location: Beautiful Pennsylvania

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by TwoCar » Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:47 am

Hello Ray.

What a great example! Thank you for sharing and best of luck with your restoration Please post pictures of the progress and any interesting discoveries along the way.
GPWs 196622 & 196623
GPs 14351 & 16625
Slat Grill 118247
Convertos 0567349 & 0877894
Daughter - 10/23/2012
Son - 01/02/2018
Wife - Top Secret

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:15 am

Hello,

Here are some additional pictures :D
I have never seen a jeep with this many miles on it, I can only imagine where she has traveled since WW2 !!!!
slat66.jpg
slat70.jpg
I can't tell if it is a "gas" marked gauge or a "fuel" marked gauge ?
slat74.jpg
slat75.jpg
slat69.jpg
slat68.jpg
Here you can just see the horizontal machining marks on the top bow bracket that was used on slat grill jeeps, added on this last day of slat production.
slat65.jpg
slat67.jpg
Standard tool box lid hinges, on both sides.
slat76.jpg
slat77.jpg

Best Regards,
Ray
Last edited by 70th Division on Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:44 am

And yes,

A couple more pictures. I was told that this jeep had a pancake style air cleaner and that it was recently removed, along with the early radio suppression box under the dash, before I got it.

Here you can see the elbow used exclusively on the pancake air filter.
Note the vertical bolt that is going through it to attach to the elusive pancake air filter.
slat72.jpg
slat73.jpg

And a clear close up of the beautiful brass data plate for this BRT Lend Lease Jeep.
slat78.jpg


Best Regards,
Ray

IvorGPW
G-Command Sergeant Major
G-Command Sergeant Major
Posts: 244
Joined: Tue May 24, 2016 1:56 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by IvorGPW » Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:05 pm

Nice find! Thanks for sharing
Tate Christensen
1944 Ford GPW #234613 USMC Radio jeep
1943 Willys MB #263100
1945 Willys CJ2A #10226
1941 Ford GP #9687
1941 Willys MB #100161

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:39 pm

Hi,

Thanks Tate and Two Car !

She will be a rewarding project in the future.
She is also a significant find being a BRT Lend Lease Jeep meant for Great Britain, and delivered on what I understand was the very last day of Slat Grill Jeep production !
No more after this date, but BRT jeeps carried on, as well as the very rare Willys Script jeeps
with a flat top, stamped grill, made starting the very next day.
Both impressive in their low numbers, and beauty.

I am trying to do my part in saving our collective history from disappearing !!!

Keep 'em Rolling all around the world, and stay safe and sound, and keep Jeeping all over the world :D :D :D

Hopefully others with BRT or slat grill jeeps can gain some info to help their restorations !!
Feel free to add your jeep pictures or comments on what you have !!!

Best Regards,
Ray

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:18 am

Hello,


Another important feature that this last day Slat Grill Jeep has is a Black Sheller
steering wheel .
It has deteriorated, but here are the key pictures of the wheel and Sheller.
slat80.jpg
slat79.jpg
Here you can see the Sheller brand clearly, and it is black rubber.
I had to put a flag over the wheel, to block the sunlight to get the pic, thus the color :D

Best Regards,
Ray

IvorGPW
G-Command Sergeant Major
G-Command Sergeant Major
Posts: 244
Joined: Tue May 24, 2016 1:56 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by IvorGPW » Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:12 pm

It would take a lot of epoxy to fill that one :lol:
Tate Christensen
1944 Ford GPW #234613 USMC Radio jeep
1943 Willys MB #263100
1945 Willys CJ2A #10226
1941 Ford GP #9687
1941 Willys MB #100161

GSS
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Posts: 314
Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:17 pm
Location: Minnesota

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by GSS » Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:52 pm

Ray,
Absolutely brilliant find. Will look forward to following your restoration! Thanks for sharing the photographs.
GSS
1942 MB 113037, "Slat Grill"
1945 MB 431740, 20698289-S

Adam
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 4526
Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2003 6:03 pm
Location: Little Meadows PA

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by Adam » Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:54 am

How can you prove it was made on the last day of slat production, That serial number falls way before end of slat grill production, maybe just held up due to being a brt unit that gives it a late dod?

Adam

70th Division
G-Lieutenant General
G-Lieutenant General
Posts: 5638
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Location:

Re: 1942 BRT Slat Grill Jeep 121229 Recovered

Post by 70th Division » Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:23 am

Hello Adam,

Good question !

Based on what is meant by me is , this jeep is date stamped, and is a slat grill jeep, and it is known that this jeep date stamp was stamped on the last day of Slat Grill Jeep production.
I read that this date was the day the last "slat grill" was installed, and after that date, jeeps stamped with a later date on the data plate, would be a "stamped grill" type MB, even though the same bodies were still used for a while, until used up on the production line, and Willys was removed from the rear panel.

Clearly there are many higher serial number slat grill jeeps, but I would venture to guess that none have the date of delivery stamped later than this jeep does.
This is what I believe is the current knowledge that is available according to some G people, that know a whole lot more than I ever did.

It would be great to discover differently !!

The day of delivery on all jeeps, only represent the date that the inspector stamped them,and as far as I understand, not the day they were actually manufactured.
As far as proving the actual day of any jeep's physical production, well no one does that, they go by the date of delivery on the dash data plate.
Jeeps parked in huge parking lots after production, and inspectors then process them and stamp the data plates. I guess it depends on where the jeep gets parked as to the serial number assigned to it and when, and who, and how many people were assigned to apply the serial numbers, and what batches of numbers they were given to assign and stamp on the jeeps.

I am always open to learn new information and dates, but I would be interested in seeing actual slat grill jeeps dated after 3-6-42.

There will certainly be plenty Willys Script jeeps dated after this one, which were basically slat jeeps given a new grill on the assembly line, a rare jeep in itself.

Also BRT marked jeeps were continued well past this date !!!


According to what jeep researchers posted , this is what I understand to be the current "facts"
but they can certainly change and often do :D :D :D :D

Hopefully G members that have the knowledge about the last slat grill production date will
comment, and add what they know about the change over from Slat to stamped.

I am just going by what I have read over the years, posted by others :D

The body tub serial number on this jeep is 24884.

That could help triangulate the date of production based on other jeeps' date of deliveries, but that too would technically depend on when a serial number is actually issued to the jeep, along with date of delivery date stamps.

It would be great if other Slat owners from this date of delivery would post pictures of their jeeps and data plates here !!

I saw one online that is dated 4 days before this one, but a couple thousand higher in serial number.

We can just go by the date of delivery, and try to understand how many jeeps were made per day, how soon inspectors got to each jeep, and how many inspectors were used, and what batch of numbers they had to inspect.
Did the same inspector also stamp the frame and data plate serial numbers as they got to the jeep ???
Were inspectors given a list of assignable serial numbers and just assigned them when they did, regardless of the time the jeep came off the assembly line ?
All good questions :D :D

This is what the G is here for !!!

Best Regards,
Ray
Last edited by 70th Division on Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.


Post Reply

Return to “Slat Grill, early Willys MB”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 52 guests