Hello Jeff,JAB wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 5:32 pmRay,
Do you have any idea what those numbers are stamped into the frame? I found some on GPW-37718 and was hoping they were the USA registration numbers, but they were all wrong for that. They were stamped so lightly I couldn't determine what digits were actually stamped there. They were on the side of the frame rail under about where your feet would be (I don't remember passenger side or drivers side).
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Yes , the numbers are the State of Oregon assigned vin number for the jeep, that matches the title that I got with it.
But I will get it corrected in Florida to the correct MB serial number.
Wow, those numbers you have look like the USA numbers !
Very nice !
I found on my 43 MB, that the USA number is stenciled behind where the ax mounts.
There is also an ordnance unit number stenciled behind the shovel head.
Believe it or not, there is a high stenciled division number on the upper left rear panel, near the top.
It looks like it may be the 1st Infantry Division.
I started looking for 1st Infantry Division marked jeeps, as that is a highly unusual place to mark the jeep.
Well, I found the same exact markings on Blondie, a 1st Division jeep heading to Normandy on June 6.
It is a color picture, and the markings I found match the same pattern and style, exactly !
That will be a future restoration, maybe it came back from Europe after the War.
2 of the jeeps in my barn returned from Europe, maybe this makes 3
Best Regards,
Ray