history of the jeep

[Lynn Eades]

They had to get their bad points from somewhere.

[Ron Pier]

Lynn how dare you.
Disgruntled Austin Tilly owner UK.

Radek I also have a WD/CO

Ron

[Lynn Eades]

If no one saved the bad ones, our grand kids wouldnt know how bad they were.
When I was younger, I threw away every bsf and whitworth bolt/nut, I came accross, because I was never going to be interested in any old Britsh rubbish.
Now I have the Bren carrier disease.... Never say never!!!

[Radek]

Why do you doing something simple when it is british.

[Ron Pier]

Lynn when I joined the military vehicle scene 25 years ago. It disappointed me to see how many guys and gals where poncing round in Murican vehicles and uniforms. Especially as most of them had some quaint old British accent So I straight away decided to fly the flag. For me ...The older, the uglier, the British, the better Even my Willy's Jeep is ex British army.
It's great that we don't all like the same things. Also great that we can take the piss a bit.

Ron

[Speedy]

towards the end when they talked about the M38, they said something along the lines that it wasnt really improved as a design.

I thought the M38 has addressed role over issue to the older jeeps, not fully but overall improvement.

or was that the M38A1?

and how can you tell a M38 from a civi jeep? a guy at the corner gas station has what appears to be a M38 with plow and a hard cab but maybe its a cj

[maple_leaf_eh]

Jeeps http://www.jpmagazine.com/featuredve...eps/index.html

For starters, look at the rear of the body, the passenger's side and the battery box.

There is no comparison between a WWII GP and anything civilian!
A military M38 does not have a tailgate; a CJ3 will.
A military M38A1 has the batteries in an box with a big hinged external lid in front of the passenger's knees. The CJ5 has them under the hood.
A military M38A1 has the gas tank under the driver's seat. The CJ5 has a separate filler neck on the body side - after the first couple of years.
A military M38A1 will have a 24v slave cable socket on the right front sidewall.