history of the jeep

[Speedy]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Jeeps http://www.jpmagazine.com/featuredve...eps/index.html

For starters, look at the rear of the body, the passenger's side and the battery box.

There is no comparison between a WWII GP and anything civilian!
A military M38 does not have a tailgate; a CJ3 will.
A military M38A1 has the batteries in an box with a big hinged external lid in front of the passenger's knees. The CJ5 has them under the hood.
A military M38A1 has the gas tank under the driver's seat. The CJ5 has a separate filler neck on the body side - after the first couple of years.
A military M38A1 will have a 24v slave cable socket on the right front sidewall.

thank you. will check it out.
I think I did see an external filler neck for the gas tank.
tailgate might be also (but not to sure)
will check it out.

OMG you dont know how much I love the Kaiser M715.
does anyone here own one? would love to see one in person. #1 favorite for me.

[Lynn Eades]

I do like the American technology of WW2, but they have regressed. The Jeep,WC Dodge, are pleasing to the eye, things of beauty. The ugly vehicles,(like CMP's) "they have character" I dont know where the post war American designers came from, but they dropped the ball, badly.These vehicles fit into another catagory. My opinion only
I like your sentiments and your patriotism. It's under rated these days.
Have a good one