Following on previous thread my average figure of 25000 and Colins comments
are well born out. Left column is chassis with right column being engine
number (higher value). eg chassis MB 130000 might equate to MB132000 engine.
MB 231000 might equate to MB 233000 engine etc.
Here is a little information from my Aussie information:
MB 130xxx 2,000 difference
MB 188xxx 10,000 difference
MB 231xxx 20,000 difference
MB 299xxx 55,000 difference
MB 310xxx 70,000 difference
MB 372xxx 100,000 difference
Rgds,
John
>******* 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.
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