Re: [MV] Number of digits on US Jeep (WW2)

jim gilmore (jgilmore@oeonline.com)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:39:00 -0400

I have a '42 GPW, data plate and frame number is 11459.
>DOD 3-30-42. Hood #USA 2058231. (engine is a Willys rebuilt).
>Rob in B.C.
>jenkins58@ii.ca

Motor # 11459 built at Rouge Motor Building on March 25, 1942 (572 made this day)
GPW # 2058231 assembled at Rouge Plant (Dearborn Michigan)
Contract W-398-qm-11424 Ford Index 42-100
Unit was one of 3,500 of the first 15,000 of this contract.
Note that this unit was assembled 3 days after Motor 11459 was built. This is standard procedure for Rouge Plant.

Jim
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