Korean War M38A1's

[Leo Blekkenhorst]

Thanks, Rob.

Would you know where RCEME workshop 27 was located in 1969?

Leo

[rob love]

We have had discussions on this forum before about workshop 27. It was London ON. That doesn't mean that your Jeep was ever there...just that they were rebuilding Jeep engines at that time. In the 70s, it was 202 workshop that was tasked with rebuilding of engines before the military started contracting a lot of it out.

I have seen evidence of engines being rebuilt by individual workshops in the 40s, but by the 60s it seemed to have been mostly centralized. As a workshop, if we needed to any major work on an engine, then it was simply an exchange system, where we would pull the old engine, have a replacement engine form supply, maybe move across various accessories like alternators, and install the new engine into the vehicle. The old engine would get cleaned and tagged, put into the crate, and sent back to supply, where it would get directed to the rebuilder. It was far more efficient than having individual shops try and do rebuilds of the SMP fleet.

[Leo Blekkenhorst]

Thanks, Rob

I will continue to find out more possible overseas and disposal info on my Jeep. Would be interesting to find based on the CFR number (53-33481) if it is one of the units that was returned to Canada being in the range of CFR's that was posted earlier in this thread. Sn of my Jeep is 37460 Del 1/53.
Thanks,
Leo