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The first rule of MV ownership is as soon as you buy a truck you will find another one that is much nicer and way cheaper.
You should keep the truck 24volt. That is about the only thing that makes it military. I believe only the starter is 24 volt anyway and the glow plugs. I may be...
I don't think you will find any information of use of the CJ2A by the military. There may have been some one ofs procured from civilian sources but there was never a contract to secure CJ2As for the military.
There is no documentation that the US military ever purchased any CJ2As or Cj3As, Many CJ2As were produced for the South African and Swiss Armies. The US military did use the military version of the CJ3A which is the M38.
The US military did purchase CJ3Bs or high hood jeeps with the overhead...
a late 40's jeep will not be military. Military jeep production stopped in 1945 and did not resume until 1950 with the very rare CJV-35. following with large scale production of the M38 in 1951
no MB had fender mounted head lights. That was the MA. The first MBs have the welded bar grille or Slat grille which was very labor intensive. When ford began producing the Willy's design they produced the stamped grille. G government P 80 inch wheel base W willy's design. GPW.
having owned one of each of the prototypes i would say the Ford GP was the best. A little underpowered but all in all the better vehicle IMHO.
Did you know the famous jeep grille was/is a ford design?
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