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1944 Photo of the 200,000th MB on eBay

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And who has this MB?

“1944- Ward Canaday, President of Willys-Overland, drives the 200,000 Jeep built in Toledo off the line on April 4, 1944. Mr. Canaday helped the company get a contract to make Jeeps during WWII, producing 363,000 of the total of 648,000 wartime Jeeps.”

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1944-04-04-200000-mb-ward-canaday1

1944-04-04-200000-mb-ward-canaday2

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7 Comments on “1944 Photo of the 200,000th MB on eBay

  1. Dexte

    Hmmmm…. MB200000 I believe was delivered the last week of December 1942 or first week of January 1943. Yet, the jeep pictures had a hood with grease gun bracket (see four bolts on the driver side of hood), which was not added until late 1944 or early 1945.

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  2. Dexter

    I take that back. I keep forgetting the first standardized WW2 Jeep started with SN# MB100001. Which means the Jeep pictured is MB300001(?)

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  3. deilers Post author

    You had me confused until I went back to the serial numbers.

    Your example would be the 100,000th jeep not 200,000th. The 200,000th would be MB300000 in early 1944. In fact, the april photo seems a little late for MB300000. 🙂

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