The seller notes a serial number of 122349 and a year of 1946. However, Neither the VIN nor the year corresponds to a M-38.
“This is a M38 Willys Jeep that has been TOTALLY restored from the ground up. Just about everything on this Jeep is brand new. New tires, body, seals, canvas, shackles, seats, rubber seals, hoses, brake lines, brakes, wheel cylinders, exhaust, bumpers, etc. The Jeep is practicaly brand new as if it just came off the assembly line in Toledo. Original parts were sandblasted to insure it would look like brand new. The Jeep as you can see has been used in many parades and has been on display in Jeep dealerships in OH, WV, PA, KY, IN, MI and more. The Jeep comes with the M100 trailer that has also been fully restored. Reason I am selling it is we have three more of these in our yard to restore plus we haven’t had much of a demand for the Jeep for parades and such this past year and instead of putting it in storage for the winter I decided to sell it. You can see the complete restore process by going to www.DisplayJeeps.com/M38 The title we have says 1946 but the Jeep is an M38 other than it has been converted to 12 volts. Starts everytime and runs like a champ.”
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I’m always amazed when people claim a Jeep is “Restored” when it would be more accutrate to say it’s been quickly repainted.
I don’t understand what you are saying? Looks to me like everything was stripped down and painted fairly well. Maybe you are saying it as a general statement and not so directed to this post and I agree. As we all know there are many levels of something being restored and its a term loosely used. To say that this was quickly painted is far from that. I’ve seen botch jobs where it looks like they cover stuff with a piece of cardboard and fog everything else with paint-Yuck.
Cheers,
-Brett
My statements are directed to this Jeep and others like it. When parts are left bolted to the frame during sandblasting these mating surfaces aren’t cleaned so the old finish, dirt and rust will contaminate the new paint. The sand blasting didn’t remove all of the rust from the metal, see the after blasting picture of the frame inner channels. The seller says one good thing about this Jeep was the engine ran good, a total restoration would normally involve rebuilding all components… not just painting them. I could list lots of other items but the restoration claim is very misleading given the quality of work shown in the pictures. While I admit this Jeep looks good and would be fun to own it hasn’t been restored.
Also the trailer is not a M100 but the Vietnam era M416 with the M151 Jeep wheels,These m416,s have a wider wheel track than the M38 and M38a1 jeeps.They were designed to fit the wheel track of the M151 jeeps.