This is worth a look. It’s got the brake assist as well as the updates. Those front seats might be really comfy, but supportive jeep seats.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2225217661201697
“1952 M38A1 Willys 1/2- ton 4×4 “utility truck”. Roll bar, rear rack, front towing bar, front and rear hitch receivers, additional front driving lights, gun rack, elevated back seat, front brush guard, 5000# Baldwin winch, HEI distributor (no points to worry about). Excellent for hunting, farm or ranch”
1/2 ton? Did they beef up the axles, suspension and frame from 1/4 ton to 1/2 ton? Looks pretty good 👍.
Good question! I am betting it is still a 1/4 ton.
Sure looks like a CJ5 to me.
This may be a CJ5 body on a M38A1 frame.
The only M38A1 item I can find is the hood, OD with shovel holder, held on with bolts. I can’t see the spring hangers very clear, might be M38A1 frame as David said. Nice Jeep, if title and registration are OK.
Yep, agreed. There is a lot of CJ-5 there.
Elevated seat…Hunting Jeep?
When living in (very) dry west Texas in 1998, the first Jeep I looked at was an early CJ-5 and it was so full of rust my Jeep expert friend, (who would go on to restore the CJ-5 I did buy), refused to have any part of it.
So, so much for rust free Texas Jeeps.
That could by why the M38A1 had a different body.
John: Close enough to add a “hunting” tag … and, yes, that could well explain things.