Thanks Colin
Delivery was May 1942, but no engine number on the data plate of this jeep.
Agree your point about terrible waste - like throwing away archaeological
finds in my opinion.
These vehicles are part of our history.
I think we are privileged to be able to try to preserve them - 'lest we
forget' etc.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: Colin Stevens <colin@pacdat.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Cracked MB Block - any suggestions ?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Paisley" <paisley@erols.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Cracked MB Block - any suggestions ?
>
>
> > [...] What will come into play is
> > that it might be more economical to find an engine number close to yours
> > than it is to weld up the original since the MB engine blocks did not
have
> a
> > direct correlation to the vehicle serial number. [...]
> > Todd Paisley
> ====================================
> WILLYS - The only exception I know is for the 5,000 Canadian contract CDLV
> 241, 242 and 505 Willys jeeps made in batches between Feb 1942 and
September
> 1942. The factory original engine's serial number was stamped on the data
> plate on the dash/glovebox door along with the vehicle serial number and
> date. The contract number was also marked on the dataplate.
>
> I used to own a CDLV 241/242 jeep MB119021 (Feb 11/42) and a CDLV 505 jeep
> (MB155796 July 2/42) and have assembled a database over the last 20 years
of
> jeep serial numebrs including many of these engine numbers.
>
> Colin Macgregor Stevens
>
> NOTE: I lost about 100 messages in early April, 11 or more messages on
2001
> APR 30/May 1 due to a server problem and then whole ADSL system crashed
for
> first week of May! If you sent me a message during that time that was not
> answered, please resend it. Thanks.
>
> MVPA Member 954 (since 1977)
> Editor: "Maple Leaf Up!" newsletter & Webmaster
> of Western Command Military Vehicle Historical Society
> (Established 1977)
> Pitt Meadows (East of Vancouver but not beyond Hope)
> British Columbia, CANADA
> Owner of:
> 1944 Willys MB jeep (ex-Norway)
> 1942 BSA airborne bicycles (2)
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