After seeing so much dialog regarding the '441-' engines, I'm beginning to
feel like my MB isn't the outcast I once thought it was :) Anyway, I
didn't keep all of the replies from those of you who have the '441-' in
your GPW/MB, so I'm hoping we can make a deal. If you all will send me
your engine numbers and serial numbers (and body numbers, too, since my MB
doesn't have ANY original i.d. plates--only the stamped body number)...then
I'll compile a list of the various '441-' engine/serial/body numbers.
Deal??
Thanks!
Bob
'44 MB
engine# 441-51476, body# 189884
(head casting 637014 W2 8-16)
(block casting 638632 W2 9-19)
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> From: Rob Root <root99@earthlink.net>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: [MV] "441-" engines in GPW's
> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 9:41 PM
>
> Hey List,
>
> Thanks to all for the various posts on the "441-" engines in GPW's. I
> suspect that these engines were replacements for the originals at some
> point. At any rate, since the engine pre-dates the vehicle in my case,
> and since there seems to be some evidence that contractors rebuilt these
> engines specifically for MB's and GPW's during the war, I'm happy to
> keep it in the vehicle. Besides, it runs great!
>
> I have a copy of "Jeep Genesis - The Rifkind Report". This report was
> published by the Quartermaster Corps during the war to try to clarify
> who really "invented" the jeep... From that report, the following
> interesting quote regarding test of the Willys prototype:
>
> "Like any other pilot model submitted for test, the Willys jeep took
> quite a battering from the Holabird course. As an example of the
> extreme punishment to which pilot models were subjected, the frame of
> the Willys fractured after 5,184 miles of operation; cylinders were
> badly worn after 5,011 miles, and the entire engine was replaced by a
> used motor from a Willys Americar..."
>
> So that's the first time someone thought of sticking in an Americar
> engine! Good enough for me...
>
> -Rob Root
> 1942 GPW
>
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