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My 1952 Willys/Ford M38 | Military and Wartime2457 of 3073 |  |  |
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This is my '52 M38. I'm the second owner since it's de-commision in '72
This veteran saw action in the Korean war, and is only taken out on nice ,sunny days for a little ride,or to our local cruise night for others to appreciate.Hope all Veterans get treated this good!!
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Imagine they were pushing these things into the ocean along with planes and tanks and god knows what else after the war.I wonder if the paint was good enough to try and fish a few of them out of the drink....
Hi Bogie262,it still has it's original 24 volt system/black-out light & all!
Thanks boandsuzi, Vontrike, stepback_antiques,scottvez, officialfuel.
Thank-you Signaholic!
Thank-you Stonie!
Thank-you stonesfan1!
Thank-you packrat_place!
Thank-you timbaran & Hedgewalker!!
Thank-you ttomtucker!!
What a great Jeep. I passed a chance to buy a basket case one two years ago,,cheap. Thump, thump, thump. That's the sound of my head banging the wall !
Thanks Von, they certainly are a ton-o-fun to have, get lots of looks driving around,and an important piece of history to keep alive.
Thank-you Longings!!
Thank-you chevelleman, trukn20, & earlycoke!!
Now, that is a Jeep !!!
Thank-you tommy!! She's a lot of fun to drive fer sure!!
Nice! when i was a kid,u could buy these at auctions (crated) for 50.00$ (i believe) & ,if memory serves, in the back add pages of some mag. Man, if we had only known. Nice jeep , hope u had a safe 4th.
Thank-you Hems!!
hems303 here, MANY THANKS for posting this M38, it is most "inspirational" (for reason see my rant below) and thanks for loving and commenting on my Daimler Ferret series, you certainly do "get it"...this M38 is the TOPS! You must be very proud. Did you have a lot of work in restoration or is it "as is"? In UK the "over-restorers" have not yet turned their attentions to M38's ,thank goodness! I really love yours !!!!
Rant: I havn't posted; but we have two genuine logged historical WW2 Jeeps from "way back", that have been ground up restorations with ALL genuine, hard to find parts. The only thing is, in the UK, the new parts available from the "restorer" suppliers, means you can now build a "brand new" WW2 Jeep out of readily available parts. The "restoration" field in the UK is now littered with these "Wartime" Jeeps in which their 2 or 3 years of "history" is the closest to actual "Second World War Service" any of them will get! This is why I'm loath to post. It has become an embarrassing joke in the Military Vehicle preservation and exhibiting fraternity; that "there are now MORE wartime jeeps in existence than there were during the war!". I really hope that this does not spread to iconic vehicles like your M38. This is one reason why we have turned to "preserving" newer but currently unloved items like our Ferret! If you see my first "Daimler Ferret" post you will see in Photo .4 the field of rotting Ferret carcases, 30-40 years ago you could find scenes just like this but with Willy's & Ford Jeeps as the victims, but those scenes are now long, long gone. :(
I guess it means we are on the right track if they are re-creating these, there must be a market for them, and knowing that an original is a "limited supply item", if there are'nt enought originals to go around...
As long as the knowledge of the collector is passed down as to differentiate the real from the fake!
My Jeep, being a '52, saw service during the Korean war(think M.A.S.H.)' and being Canadian made, by Ford in Windsor, Ont. it is one of approx. 3800 units.
If it was American Willy's, it would look exactly the same, being one of approx. 60,000 units. Many were shoved off boats into the sea aftewr the war I'm told!
Parts are still relatively easy to find here, and several business' have begun to focus solely on restoring or reproducing the much needed parts to keep these vets running and looking good.
Love the photo of the " Ferret boneyard" too.
Yes you are right: I suppose imitation is the sicerest form of flattery...as they say. It's just that some less scrupulous owner/"restorers" are (in UK) now trying to pass off thier Jeeps as being a little more than they really are.
Talking of pushing lovely vehicles and other military equipment off into "the deep end" as it were: Here in the English Midlands there is an inland deep water pool (ex quarry), where at the end of the war, they pushed load after lorry load of War Department Nortons and BSA motorcycles into the unreachable deep. I'm hoping with the relatively recent advances of mixed gas deep diving, they might be salvaged someday, (perhaps if there is little oxygen down there they might have survived in restorable state!)
Sorry my spelling is going..I meant "Sincerest" ....02:58 Hrs. Time for bed!
The U.K. must have changed climes if you have sunny days now. LOL
Thank-you petey, musichoo, walksoftly for the "loves"
Thank-you blunderbuss, collector4ever,& mrmajestic for the "loves"
Love the Jeep, saw one outside my window yesterday but it was a modern one, and I love the house behind in your photo also !~
Thank-you Phil, very nice of you to say! This old girl still get's the "jeep wave" going down the road, and tons of attention anywhere it's parked, and the neighbourhood kids are always eager to go for a spin! Thanks for the nice words about the house too Phil, it is a culmination of a lifetime of hard work(built it myself from the plan on up)!