Joined: Dec 10, 2017 Posts: 349 Location: Southern Maryland
Posted: Mon May 05, 2025 6:16 pm Post subject: M38 frame serial number tag?
Did the M38 have a small tag on the front frame horn, mine doesn't have it? I just had someone send me a picture of on that was buried behind his snow plow sub-frame. The number stamped on it is MB38xxxx... I'm confused! Could he have a MB frame under his M38 body? The serial number is 6 digits long where is think th M38 are only 5. He did say there is a machine gun mount cross member on his frame...did the MB's all have them?
Thanks for a info you can share!
Mike B. _________________ Mike B
1953 M38A1 Brush Truck
1952 M38
1951 M100 Trailer
Did the M38 have a small tag on the front frame horn
NO
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Could he have a MB frame under his M38 body?
Yes
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machine gun mount cross member on his frame...did the MB's all have them?
Yes & so did the M38A1.
After WWII Willys discontinued any frame serial stamps or plates. M38's left Willys with 3 serial numbers. One on the dash plate. One on the patent plate behind the passenger seat that matched the one on the dash. One on the front of the engine at the front edge of the block that extended slightly forward from the head that did NOT match the body serial. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 346 Location: Wichita, KS
Posted: Mon May 05, 2025 8:44 pm Post subject:
Wes,
I think you meant to say that MB's had a frame tag, but M38's did not.
Kendall _________________ 1951 M38
1952 M38
1952 M38A1
1942 Dodge WC-55
1951 M100 trailer
1942 Ben Hur trailer
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