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[David Dunlop]

Not to detract from this thread, Tony, but what is the purpose of the metal boxes covering the front bumper mounting points? Never seen that setup before. Part of the winch kit perhaps?


David

[Lynn Eades]

David, I would suggest a bumper extention as the winch mount sticks out forward of the bumper.
Interestingly this is a slat grill (first 10,000 and all of course were on Willys Chassis)
That the guard is already damaged and that there is a sheet of mesh in front of the radiator.
There is a hook on the front bumper, that I would guess is for a 2:1 pull.
(rope eye back onto the Jeep?)
I see also that the park light has been moved and that the bonnet is unbolted and sitting forward.

[Mike Cecil]

This is an image of the early trials/test mounting. It was not how the design ended up. The extensions were indeed part of the early winch kit development, and because the test mounting protruded forward of the bumper.

The final mounting sat further back, and had a slat cut from the grill to accommodate this, as is visible in the early image posted on the thread, showing a jeep of the 24 Infantry Brigade HQ, 9th Infantry Division, with what looks like a Japanese officer in the back: possibly taking the surrender in British Borneo? Nice image.

Mike C