Restoration of a 1943 Willys MB Jeep | Start to Finish in 16 Minutes 

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Many years ago in the shipyard we got lots of work done with coffee in trade.

@@theodoreolson8529 what was the work?

@@AAAAA_AAAAAAAA_AAAAA Typically sheet metal work like a salad bar on the mess deck or miscellaneous supply lockers. This was on an SSN many years ago.

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Thanks! I knew going in my number/star application was more meticulous than anything the military usually does.

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That would have been an M38-CDN, manufactured by Ford. The M38, or MC, was the Korean War era successor to the MB, though there were so many MBs still available no M38s ever made it to Korea. I have a US Army M38 with an original Willys hardtop. No heater, nor signs of anything being mounted in front of the windscreen, but that would have been standard on a Canadian model. M38s were based on the CJ-3A but had a waterproof electrical system, a special carb with no accelerator pump but a dash mounted primer, and numerous exterior "spotting" differences that make it easy to differentiate from any other model from just about any angle.

@@jimmckim3565 I thought the Ford built ones had their logo on parts though? This one did not. That being said it was so much fun. I miss it.

@@michaelj7069 I don't know about logos on the parts. Willys didn't mark theirs (data plates only), and parts on my 1953 Ford F-100 don't have Ford markings like I see on my '97 F-150, where EVERYTHING seems to be marked. I had a '77 F-150 for awhile and don't remember seeing logos galore on it, but that was over 25 years ago and I didn't have it all that long. Don't know about the Ford-built GPWs for WWII, either. If you still had that puppy, it might be the rarest of the rare for Jeeps - the M38 had the smallest production numbers, and the CDN version only a small fraction of that.

@@jimmckim3565 sadly just before my dad passed away he sold it to his best friend then a year later his friend passed away. Sadly I have no idea where it is now. Probably best because it maybe cursed.

Good point! I used Mobil One 15w-50 which actually has high zinc content sufficient for this type of engine.

This is an early cab enclosure manufactured by Pentagon in the early 1950’s. Been on this Jeep since the 1960’s.

He stated in reply to another comment that it's been fitted on it in the '60s. I snooped around, apparently it's called a "boston top", so if you happen to get your hands on another willys you can search one up if you want an hardtop

This top is what you’d see on a M38 from the early 50’s. It’s called a Pentagon Arctic Top.

@@AlsGarageRestorations Not quite, or necessarily. My 1952 M38 has an "Arctic" top (name was never used by Willys) manufactured by Willys (data plate riveted to inside post) and has the Army's numbers stenciled on the rear top, so it would have been in service. It's very similar to yours - at first I thought identical - but there are differences: single pane windshield with rounded corners (just like differences of standard folding windshield) that is gasketed in place (does yours fold out?), rear panel with window is fixed in place (I think - mine has been modified to open, but I've seen them fixed), and there are a lot more fasteners at the top and bottom edges of the side panels on yours than on mine. Interesting to see yours - from a distance I would have assumed it was the same as mine. Great job and video, BTW.

I did this work for the owner for a fee. He has owned it since the late 50’s, so it was nice for him to get back behind the wheel again!

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No, the top and doors were added in the 1960’s and can be removed.

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No! The MB is the World War II "U.S. Army Truck, 1⁄4‑ton, 4×4, Command Reconnaissance", to use the official designation. Manufactured 1941-1945. The US Postal Service didn't start using Jeeps until 1953, and they were right-hand drive.

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I used Olive Drab 33070 from Ron Fitzpatrick Jeep parts.

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