M38A1 CDN2 Patent plate (behind pass. seat on wheelwell)

[rick25]

Is there anywhere that makes a M38A1 CDN2 patent plate (the one behind the passenger seat on the wheelwell) ?

If not, could forum members snap some pictures of their plates for me?

The US (Toledo, Ohio) plate looks like this as far as I know:



Thanks,
Rick

[jason meade]

Rick To be honest I dont think the patten plate was on Canadian jeeps only the 4 holes were drilled or mabey that was only the m-38....all my years of playing with jeeps I have never seen one, only on Americian ones.

[BCA]

All CDN2 & 3 jeeps had a serial plate on the wheel well behind the passenger seat. I am not aware of any reproductions of this plate due to the difficulty of duplicating the raised texture of the print. The serial number matched the serial number on the dashboard plates (which are available for both the CDN2&3)
A reproduction wheel well plate from an American M38A1 would be the closest available substitute.
As an aside: A few 1952 Ford Canadian M38's had Willys bodies with "Jeep" script on the toolbox wall. But were these bodies drilled with 4 holes for a wheel well patent plate? Perhaps someone with one of these Jeep script bodies on an M38CDN can confirm.
....... Brian

[r.morrison]

Hi guys: Have a CDN2 in the drive way and will take a photo of it and send it to Brian.....who being the great guy that he is.....will take it and post it on the forum cuz I still DON"T know how to do it. Robert

[rick25]

Thanks for the replies so far, I'm interested in getting enough pictures to be able to produce a repro plate.

[r.morrison]

Hi Rick: The CDN2 plate is exactly the same as your photo. The only addition is the letter "C" which is stamped between 97521 and the border of the plate.

Both Brian and I are "challenged" in down loading pictures on the forum page but email me at rob.mor@shaw.ca and I'll forward you off the photo. Hope this helps.....Robert