Ww2 jeep trailer

[Local Chap]

Originally Posted by Little Jo

Hi all

I propose painting the trailer in the same desert colours as my 1942 MB Jeep.

Cheers

Anthony (Tony) VAN RHODA
1942 MB Willys Jeep Restored
1942 Australian No. 4 Jeep Trailer

The plate on the trailer clearly shows a build date of 1945. The No4 trailers were far too late in the scheme of things to see service in North Africa, and I don't believe any of them were ever painted in Desert Colours. It would look nice to have a matching trailer and Jeep, but hardly an authentic restoration for 1945. I would just get rid of the star and leave it Green.

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Local Chap

The plate on the trailer clearly shows a build date of 1945. The No4 trailers were far too late in the scheme of things to see service in North Africa, and I don't believe any of them were ever painted in Desert Colours. It would look nice to have a matching trailer and Jeep, but hardly an authentic restoration for 1945. I would just get rid of the star and leave it Green.

Hi Local Chap

You are correct, 1945 was to late for the Desert Campaign. Food for thought.

Cheers

Tony

[Mike Cecil]

Tony,

I can just see, from your image, the stamped serial number adjacent to the 'FMC' cast letters. Being a Ford, the serial may be something like 'JTXX', the last two being numerals. It seems to end in '2', but if you clear the paint off, it should become clearer. GMH appear to have stamped the actual ARN onto their plate, but Ford used their own production serial. 'JT' stands for 'Jeep Trailer', by the way!

The comment about desert yellow is right: far toooo late for an authentic restoration, but it's your trailer.

Mike C

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Tony,

I can just see, from your image, the stamped serial number adjacent to the 'FMC' cast letters. Being a Ford, the serial may be something like 'JTXX', the last two being numerals. It seems to end in '2', but if you clear the paint off, it should become clearer. GMH appear to have stamped the actual ARN onto their plate, but Ford used their own production serial. 'JT' stands for 'Jeep Trailer', by the way!

The comment about desert yellow is right: far toooo late for an authentic restoration, but it's your trailer.

Mike C

Hi Mike

Thanks for the information. I will start cleaning the plate and use the old magnifying glass to see what was stamped there.

Cheers

Tony

[Ryan]

Tony, it seems you have a problem.
If you leave it green you will please others but be unhappy yourself.
If you paint it desert colour you will please yourself but make others unhappy.

Solution...

Paint it pink with flowers then everyone will be in agreement......that it's bloody terrible!

[Mike Cecil]

Tony,

Mike K wrote (BTW, G'day Mike!) that the original pintle could rotate 360 degrees. I think that may be incorrect, as I had a replacement pintle eye some years ago, and it had two short 'ears' underneath that engaged a short stub plate under the draw bar that allowed the ring to rotate only about 45-60 degrees to each side from horizontal.

When you have the serial number, post it to this thread and I'll see if I can find the ARN.

Mike C

[Robert Farmer]

The numbers on the draw bar look to me like someone in recent times has stamped them on with a centre punch, maybe to satisfy modern rego laws with a chassis number.
Robert.