Some months back I sent you a fax regarding US bonnet numbers. Yoiu shoul=
d see from this list that the contracts were sequential but chassis numbe=
rs not so. Different factories, different contracts, different chassis =
numbers.
Rgds,
John
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>
> I got to go loock at the earlyGPW I posted on yesterday--it is an early
> one--but not quite as early as the guy reported on the phone.
>
> It is an early GPW on a willys frame. The data plate read 1/4 T, seria=
l
> #3531 with a delivery date of 8-4-42. The plates are obviously
> original. The frame is basically restored with the body sitting there
> waiting to be restored. The engine was missing. The frame read
> *GPW353I* That isn't a typo on my part--it read 353I rather than 3531.
> It is a Willys frame with lots of F marked parts on the frame. It has
> the correct tranny. The body had the original black steering wheel, =
F
> marked front seats, missing rear seats but has all brackets, tool boxes
> and locks intact, locking glove box door, level type ignition switch, =
no
> trailer plug hole, missing spare tire mount, missing body handles. The
> body tub had a hole cut for the wrong kind of gas tank.
>
> We haven't found the owner yet to talk to him. He is doing something
> with it. My friend is interested in maybe buying it if the price is
> right.
>
> Despite it not being as early as the one guy thought--it is stil an
> early one none-the-less. Sorry about the false alarm--still it is a
> find--especially considering where it was foun
> d. Tim
>
> ***********************************************************************=
*
> * Tim A. Scherrer "You'll be fighting WWII for the rest of =
*
> * Facilities Supervisor your life", Ron Scherrer, 1971 =
*
> * Truman State University =
*
> * WP: 816-785-5551 CPT, MI, USAR =
*
> * WF: 816-785-4201 Commander, D/2/334th INF RGT =
*
> * HP: 816-665-6704 =
*
> * E-mail: TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU =
*
> ***********************************************************************=
*
>
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