There’s been a variety of updates to this MB, including the rear bumper, the later model windshield, the radiator, the wiring and more. I’d have to agree with the seller that this might make a good platform for a restoration project based on the pics.
“This is a 1944 Military Jeep delivered June 12, 1944. The original zinc dash plaques match the frame serial. The engine serial is 3J50087. I do not know for sure if it the original engine for certain. It has been converted to 12volt. I started working o this Jeep in 2003. Since then I have installed, rebuilt, or replaced the following.—Engine gaskets, timing gears, mounts, radiator, belt, hoses, coil, plugs, distributor, carberurator, and air duct. Brakes, changed to 11″x2″ duo-servo shoes, hoses, steel lines and switched to dual reservoir master cylinder. Locating it in the stock location with a kit from ATV, retaining the stock pedals. Front axle, wheel bearings, seals and nuts, spindle bushings, steering bearings and felt seals, inner and outer axle seals….”
Given this M-38 is doing duty as a storage unit, it’s hard to tell what the condition of it is. The description is slim, too.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $200.
The seller has either the model or the year wrong on this jeep.
This is a pretty high price for a project that still needs the engine rebuilt (among other things done). I’m kind of wondering what part of this is rack n’ pinion.
The grille and other parts might be older, but the body looks like it is newer. Note the tailgate in the rear and the gas inlet on the driver’s side, suggesting this is more likely a CJ-2A body or later.
Happy New Year everyone (at least somewhere it’s the New Year). New Year’s day marks the official one year anniversary of eWillys.