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M38 For Sale

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:07 pm
by rwbow1969
Anyone want an M38 for, hold on to your seats, $38900 8O it's on E-pay right now if you hurry it's yours. If this is the going rate, mine is for sale also. LOL
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:42 pm
by djalohr
why does it's serial number seem weird?? MC58944

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1951-Wil ... 5648b806a3

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:54 pm
by 12Bravo
Here is a link to St Louis Car Museum with more pictures of the Jeep http://www.stlouiscarmuseum.com/stlcarm ... sp?id=1549 I can't believe the price they are asking. 8O

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:27 pm
by wesk
It is pretty. It does have the big gun. It has an antenna but no radio. I suppose they plug the antenna into the gun and fire it remotely! :lol:

Accuracy??

1-Front shackles incorrect.
2-Antenna mount bracket is installed upside down.
3-Grab handle on passenger side of windshield!
4-Steering damper!
5-Brush guards on headlights backwards.
6-Very bad fit of left fender.
7-Extra holes in grill and lower right corner bent.
8-Markings totally inaccurate.
9-Wrong tranny stick boot.
10-Tailgate chains instead of bolts.
11-Upper door canvas strips but no lowers.
12-Wiring harness has a lot of modern plastic conduit.
13-Wrong plug wires.
14-Carb, air cleaner, oil filter and exhaust manifold wrong color.
15-Wrong oil filter.
16-Rear seat back lock tabs missing.
17-Hand crank added on inside of tailgate.
18-Unusual switches and etc on dash.
19-Screws instead of rivets on the repop data plates.
20-Incorrect machine gun pedestal.
21-Exhaust incorrect.
22-Rear axle brake line clamps missing.
23-Rear brake line from master cyl back not inside frame rail.
24-Wood reinforcement bar missing from front bumper.

Looks like 23070 Gillespie paint instead of USMC Forest Green. Also Marine stenciles were yellow.

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:35 am
by djalohr
what an ugly muffler...

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:34 am
by magnum
That guy should have gotton some help. Even the stencils have overspray and are wrong. 38k what a bargain.

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:09 am
by whydahdvr
Looks like from the keys in the dash that it's also a 12V system instead of the original 24V. Not sure if it has the pressurized fording system either....

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:41 am
by evanso1975
Like the sign says, a real head-turner. But is that towards the jeep, or away from it? :mrgreen:

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:11 pm
by wesk
It is worth noting that the advertisement comes for the sales broker not the restorer or any other M38 knowledgeable person.

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:31 am
by bikemancs
Is it just me, or do the pictures make it look like a really well built 1:6 model or similar... by the first picture, I'd expect it to show up on a pallet and be put in an office...

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:40 pm
by jimm
5 days later, and still no bids. Gee, what a surprise :roll: