I recall going to Crown Assets when there were about a dozen of them up for sale. It was interesting in that they were sold complete with their soft tops and all the EIS like jacks and wrenches. This was a big difference from the Canadian sales of vehicles where you were lucky if the batteries were still with the vehicles.
In the end the sales prices did not reflect the difference in my opinion. If I recall correctly most of those Mungas sold for about the $1200 range which was pretty much the bottom price when the M38A1Cdn2 and Cdn3s went for sale a few years later.
Don't quote me on the munga prices mind you as a lot of years have passed since then. But I can guarantee the Jeep prices as I was the bottom feeder taking anything that was less than $1300. If a Canadian Jeep had it's tarpaulin, it would end up selling in the higher range of prices which was $2800 or do. Some of those purchasers were pissed though when they showed up to pay for and pick up their Jeeps only to find an earlier buyer liberated the canvas.
I may have an old sales sheet from CADC for the Mungas in my files somewhere. I'll keep an eye for it next time I am through the files.
I seem to recall a story about a problem with the German sales of these vehicles initially. The German government had not paid duty on them on import, but on disposal in Canada it became an issue. Not sure how much truth there is in the story.
There are still Mungas laying around Manitoba, but they were very susceptible to frame and body rot when left outside for years. I have not seen a lot of them that had the potential to be restored. There are still scrapped parts (and even a body) for them out at my favorite scrapyard.
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