I would argue that very few contract 505 jeeps made it all the way from issue, to overseas and then loaded aboard a ship on its way to Normandy in 1944.
 
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					Originally Posted by charlie fitton  A local man just bought , and is extensively rebuilding, a Willys script MB. He tells me that the frame number matches the truck.
 When done - he wants to mark it as HLIofC, post DDay.
 
 Can someone suggest a range of appropriate hood numbers for this truck?
 
 Data plate reads as follows:
 
 155720   (Frame)?
 
 180715   (Engine)?
 
 505          (Contract)?
 
 7-1-42      Date
 
 
 
 many thanks
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