The only thing you will have to watch over at the G503 is that the information you receive can be a bit more American than what is applicable to your Jeep. By the 60s, the M38A1s were substandard in US service. Most of their M38A1s will be from the 50s.
All the Cdn2s came with the Bendix plug mounted on the right inner body next to the passenger. The most common radio found was the C-42, a British pattern radio heavy enough to ensure muscle buildup and the occasional hernia. In regular force service, and after about 1980 in reserve force service, the 524 radio was more the norm. During the C42 era, the antenna tuning unit (ATU) was mounted on a tall adapter over the spare tire carrier. This eventually caused the body to crack in this area, and, again around 1980, this style mount got replaced with one that went on the left rear corner of the Jeep.
There will be a new book coming out soon by Andrew Iarocci (thru service publications) that will be all about the M38/M38A1 in Canadian service. This will be a very good source about the history, and about variants, of these trucks in Canadian service. I had the pleasure of previewing the manuscript, and it has a wealth of knowledge in it that has not been assembled in one place before.
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