11 Comments on “1941 Slat Grille MB Yuba City, CA **SOLD**”

1. jamesholden September 18, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   talked with this guy, might be the best buy you’ve posted. slat grille original hangers still there. some mods, nothing to serious. if i could find that slat crawler in sac, i would have picked them both up.
2. deilers September 18, 2009 at 8:16 pm

   Thanks James … I couldn’t tell if this was a slat grille or not. I’ll adjust the Ad.
3. jamesholden September 18, 2009 at 8:35 pm

   actually it’s a standard mb grille, but the front clip is slat original (unverified) looks like a willys extender at the rear. getting it in shape doesn’t seem bad if it can be verified. it does have early mb glove box, and that is a good sign
4. Boomer September 20, 2009 at 5:34 am

   Actually if it’s an early MB (1941 dated slat grill) it should NOT have a glove box. Glove boxes were not added till ser# 120680 (early to mid Feb. 1942).
5. deilers September 20, 2009 at 8:33 am

   Now there’s a factoid I didn’t know .. thanks Boomer!
6. jamesholden September 20, 2009 at 9:08 am

   actually some production slats had gloveboxes, rarest of rare. google it
7. deilers September 20, 2009 at 9:46 pm

   Thanks for that note James. Boomer’s point was that the very early ’41 didn’t have glove boxes, so you are both in agreement. Here’s a link from the G503.com site that notes the following:
   “Fire extinquisher on R side R side if no glove box (120,697) 1st box 120,680 L side if glove box (1 clamp)” http://web.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=145499&start=0

   – Dave
8. Boomer September 21, 2009 at 4:41 am

   James you are correct. I have ser# 122723, February 26 1942 slatt w/glove box. The change was made about a week before mine was built.
   http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/boomerangsrd/Feb%2026%201942%20Slatt%20Grill/004-13.jpg
9. jamesholden September 21, 2009 at 9:24 am

   very nice slat boomer
10. deilers September 21, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Somehow I missed the link with the picture. Yes, that’s a great looking combo. Do you know any history about it? If you’d like to share it with readers, send me some pics to d@ewillys.com and I’ll feature it.

    This discussion between you, I and James has made me realize that I haven’t really explored the unique features of the slat grille beyond the grille. So, I think I’ll create some posts that cover this and similar topics (I’ll have to do some detailed reading on the G503 site as well).
11. Boomer September 21, 2009 at 10:29 am

    My slatt came from the original owner, who bought it 1946. It was originally bought from an Army Air station in Maine. Total slatt grill production was approximately 25,000 units. Or or approximately 3 percent of total WW2 jeep production. Of those only about 10 to 15 percent were equipped with a glove box. My research figures there to be barely 150 running/restored slatt grills left in exhistance world wide.
    Reguarding the trailer, it was saved by me from a local farm. It was being used as a horse trough. Date of delivery was June 1943. Made by Willys otherwise known as MBT.
    This is how I found it;
    http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/boomerangsrd/MBT%20June%2043/005-5.jpg?t=1253553890
    http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/boomerangsrd/MBT%20June%2043/004-5.jpg?t=1253553944
    Nearly finished,
    http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/boomerangsrd/MBT%20June%2043/016-2.jpg?t=1253554021
    http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/boomerangsrd/MBT%20June%2043/017-2.jpg?t=1253554091