1951 M100 Trailers

[Jason Ginn]

Originally Posted by rob love

A quick look reveals a number of the trailers after CFR 71282 are listed as 1951. However, the serial numbers are not in the normal MCI format. Normally they ran from 0001 and ran up to somewhere around 1275. These numbers are:

CFR 71282 = serial no 01209391
71287 = 01209375
71278 = 01209383
71292 = 01209821
71333 = 01209464
17302 = 01209426
71303 = 01209807

Perhaps check on the G503 and see if the US M100s of that time period have serial numbers like these. Perhaps the real manufactuerer can be found.

Note that according to the data plate, the actual serial number of, say trailer serial 0018 would be something like MCI/M100/0018.

Those numbers appear to be typical of the Dunbar Kapple manufactured M100 trailers.

Ive found refrence to a Dunbar-Kapple delivered May 1951, serial number 01169903
Another 1951 with serial 01207732 but no month listed.
And a March 1951 with 01176553
Apparently the 01 is actually a prefix to denote "US Army".

This quote seems to sum it up pretty well." Dunbar Kapple trailer serial numbers were issued a letter before before the serial number number according to what branch of the service the contract the trailer was being built for. K is for the Air force, M is for the Marines, N is for the Navy, and the Army was usually just 01, or just six digits with out a 01 starting around 8 of 1952. "

It would appear that are 1951 trailer deliveries were in the last half of 1951. I wonder if this s common to the M38 deliveries?