Maury met up with Lawrence, the ex-jeep mechanic who makes modified bell cranks, a couple days ago. Lawrence showed him the unusual crank pictured below. Neither man knew what it was (nor did I), so Maury did a little sleuthing and discovered it seems to be a Canadian made part, built for the M-38/M-38A1 CDN.
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From the G503 site:
Have this type on my 1967 M38A1CDN2 Jeep. Unique to Canadian M38 and M38A1 jeeps.