Show on mapIt’s never been clear to me how a M-606 really differs from a CJ-3B (though there are a few very minor differences noted here). After Jim pointed this jeep out to me, I revisited the M-606 section of the CJ-3B Page and found this paragraph, which I think explains it perfectly:
Walter Snelling wrote, As result of reviewing as much information as I could find, I have concluded that my Jeep is a good example of an early Navy CJ-3B. For what it is worth, I now firmly believe that our government never used M606′s, but only CJ-3B’s. For me the most convincing data was that different M classifications for various Jeeps were used just for export. The same classification system is also found in the Dodge Power Wagons used by our Government and exported. I believe the problem is that many people like to think of their military CJ-3B as having a more typical military classification. I know I fell into that group.
Now, regarding this CJ-3B, the seller lists it as a 1953, but the serial number of 454-GB219619 appears to put it as a 1954.
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