From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 07:24:10 PDT
Best I have figured out the late '60's registration
numbers with a limited sample is that the letters
designate contact addedenums. For example. US Army
bought 90 V-100's in FY 1969. Registrations typical
run as 130169-139069. Army bought a second batch of 72
and they seem to run 13091A69 through 13166A69. First
two digits indicate a class of vehicle and the last
two digits appear to be the FY it was purchased in.
Rick
--- Sarge <micdunn@ev1.net> wrote:
> Chris, I can't help with Army or Marine serial
> numbers, but if your 101a1 is
> USAF, here is the answer.
> 72K36 is a typical USAF marking.
> 1972 would be the year it was put into USAF service.
> 'K' denotes that it is a tactical vehicle.
> 36 denotes that it is the 36th tactical vehicle of
> that specific model put
> into service by the USAF in 1972.
> An M101 would use the designator 'L' instead of
> 'K'; this would denote a
> tactical trailer.
> Don't ask me why.
> So if your trailer was 69L1234, it would be the
> 1234th M101 put into service
> in 1969.
> Make sense?
> If your trailer has US Army stencilled on it, none
> of the above applies.
> There has to be an ex motor pool grunt on this list
> who can answer the
> question.
> C'mon lurkers, let's hear it!
> -Sarge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gray, Chris" <Chris.Gray@fmr.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:27 PM
> Subject: [MV] M101A1 Info - Age
>
>
>
> Can anyone give me a little info on how to find the
> year of my M101a1.
> Plates are gone. Is there anything stamped on the
> trailer that would
> tell me the year?
>
> There is a faint us army marking on it, with a
> number letter
> combination. Would the first numbers be the year ?
> I don't have the
> actual number on hand, but runs something like
> 69ZO1234.
>
> Any ideas? What years were the M101a1's made ? Is
> there any
> difference in models from different companies?
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
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