Mac53
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Just added an M38A1 to my modest collection. Right now, the plan is to just get it operating well on the road (and off), have some fun with it, and start collecting the parts to do a nice restoration down the road.
From what I can gather, this is a USMC truck? The plates read Ord., but from what I have read, the bumpers show it was in the USMC?
Right now it is running a little rough. It ran okay before taking it on a 2 hour drive home, but it isn't very happy driving around now. No power at all when you start to take the clutch out. The gas tank leaks (so I'm told, I haven't tried it), so they ran a line to the jerry can on the back and are using that instead (yikes). None of the lights are hooked up... the 2 front fenders will need to be replaced... The passenger floor pan is rusted out, as well as the bottom of the battery box... and it obviously doesn't have the right top or bows. Other than that, it has all the plates, is titled, and seems complete as far as I can tell.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a first time jeep-er? Or suggestions on where to find some of those parts?
From what I can gather, this is a USMC truck? The plates read Ord., but from what I have read, the bumpers show it was in the USMC?
Right now it is running a little rough. It ran okay before taking it on a 2 hour drive home, but it isn't very happy driving around now. No power at all when you start to take the clutch out. The gas tank leaks (so I'm told, I haven't tried it), so they ran a line to the jerry can on the back and are using that instead (yikes). None of the lights are hooked up... the 2 front fenders will need to be replaced... The passenger floor pan is rusted out, as well as the bottom of the battery box... and it obviously doesn't have the right top or bows. Other than that, it has all the plates, is titled, and seems complete as far as I can tell.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a first time jeep-er? Or suggestions on where to find some of those parts?
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