David, as I am still learning here, I am not enough of an expert to tell the slightest nuances from one another between the Willys and Ford versions. The pictures aren't clear enough for me to surmise as to the manuafacturer.
This being said, I believe that neither is a CDLV 505 contract, but US spec versions. My reasoning on this; both pictures show the jeeps with the left hand fender mounted B/O light and guard and do not appear to have the lift rings as issued on 505 contract jeeps.
The main difference from afar that one will note on 505 contracts is the absence of the fender B/O light as it is mounted in place of the LH headlight instead plus the addition of a bridge plate affixed over the RH headlight opening as well as the addition of the circular lifting rings.
As an interesting note, you have perhaps answered the very question I had.
You state a number, 8226 units built and delivered.
On CDLV 505 there were 3000 built with an additional 2000 built on CDLV 241/242 for a total of 5000 units.
A lttile simple math would show a difference of 3226 US spec units delivered to us, wouldn't it?
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1968 M274A5 Mule Baifield USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1958 M274 Mule Willys US Army
1970 M38A1 CDN3 70-08715 1 CSR
1981 MANAC 3/4T CDN trailer
1943 Converto Airborne Trailer
1983 M1009 CUCV
RT-524, PRC-77s,
and trucks and stuff and more stuff and and.......
OMVA, MVPA, G503, Steel Soldiers
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