Colin Stevens had stated:
>>Willys engines were pre-numbered, and then assigned to vehicles. Probably
the ONLY way to know if your MB engine is the factory original one for your
MB jeep is if it is a Canadian contract jeep from 1942 as the special brass
data plates on the dash list.
John Edwards responded:
>## Willys' always had engine numbers around 25000 higher than the
chassis/frame. This was the average, not the rule. The engine & frame number
never matched, by my records. The frame number should match to the
nomenclature plate number.
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******* Colin Stevens responds:
I have been collecting jeep data for over 20 years now, including many
Canadian contract jeeps which fortunately have the engine serial number
listed on the dash data plate. The spread between the vehicle and engine
number increased as the war went on. Various customers would ask for spare
engines and other engines were assigned for use in generators etc. Here are
vehicle serial numbers and engine serial numbers from an early and a late
Canadian W-LU 440-M-PERS-1 (i.e. MB) jeeps.
MB118794 had original engine MB120138 (a spread of 1,344)
MB171267 had original engine MB178130 (a spread of 6,863).
John Edwards is probably right for late in the war as the spread would have
been much greater at that rate. He is also right that the frame serial
number (left side of frame on early MBs, right side of frame on late MBs)
should match the vehicle serial number on the dash data plate [and the
police say - on your vehcile's registration papers too!]
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