David,
Thanks for the comments on your early Ford M38CDN. I gather you no,longer have it but any chance you recorded the delivered date. Being an early serial and CFR number it probably did not have the CFR stamped on the front left frame rail but only had it as a painted stencil either on the hood or below the doorway openings. The CFR could also be determined from the ownership which was generated from the original government bill of sale.
In addition to the poor correlation between the Ford serial and the subsequently assigned CFR number, there is not a exact sequence between the Ford serial number and the " delivered date". A reasonable explanation is that the " delivered date" was assigned after the jeep passed inspection which might be days or weeks after it came off the assembly line.
Years ago Rob Grieve (Ontario) published in CMP Magazine his extensive list of data that he had observed or collected about Canadian M38's. Colin Stevenson (British Columbia) has collected similar data and some information is posted on Wes Knettle's willysmjeeps.com site.
I have been expanding Rob's information for several years and am always interested in additional M38CDN serial numbers, delivered dates and CFR numbers. The goal is to come up with a more accurate sorry of Canadian M38 production. Given the lack of historical data, the next best research tool is to document existing jeeps. .... Brian
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