HUPs IN STRANGE PLACES

[RHClarke]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld

In all of the HUP pics, the towing lugs are mounted horizontally vice vertically in all (?) other CMP types.

Was this a common feature of HUP production?

Jon,

My 43 HUP wrecks have vertical D rings. The 45 - horizonal. Other differences between 45s and earlier models (others should feel free to add to the list):

- Different frame in regard to the number of cross members, width and length
- Sliding roof hatch mounted forward on the roof
- Sliding windows mounted in metal frames (the small "opera" window on the drivers side is held in place by small metal cleats
- Complex passenger running board that includes a lockable Jerry Can holder (for 2 real Jerry cans vice POW cans)
- Elegant step for the front passenger side door
- Space heater for the rear
- Intermediate bench seat in the rear
- Two jump seats in the rear corners
- Rear floor was a strange grid pattern plate (grid down - see Frantisek Nachlinger C8A 1C11 thread for an excellet shot)
- Linoleum flooring in the rear
- Two piece divider frame (upper and lower)
- Upper divider frame has lockable sliding glass window
- Folding desk mounted on the divider
- Different (as far as I know) knee action shock arm length
- "tar paper" insulation on the doors and walls
- Luxurious cardboard liner on the walls and ceilings of cab and rear space
- Chain locker
- On/off switch on rear convoy light plate
- Different front end clip - tighter turning radius meant wider wheel wells
- Towing "D" ring layout
- Motor mounts used for the transfer case - explaining the small hole cut in the floor (see Hammond Barn thread for photo)
- Different length front drive shaft
- Different bumpers/spring cover plates
- 2 inch wide springs
- Different spring pins
- Different front end spring mounts - front and rear of springs
- Different size for both rear axle shafts (making a short axle shaft a really significant find...)
- Lighting in the back provided by one centrally mounted (driver side) lamp
- Inside and outside thru the door handles for all doors
- Clamp type rod activated parking brake on the rear of the diff
- Different sized wheel cylinders front and rear (at least on my HUP...)
- Two rifle racks mounted vertically in the cab and two mounted horizontally above the windows in the rear
- Roll up blinds with snaps on the fabric and on the window frames for blackout purposes
- Narrower brush guard Not so! I stand corrected. HOWEVER! The bolt patterns on the uprights are different due to the narrow width of the bumper itself...
- Hinges on the side and rear doors are unique
- Front bumper mounts are castings
- Wooden spacers are used with the bolt attachments used to fix the body to the frame
- Composite materials are used as spacers between the frame rails and the body
- External civy pattern door handles Oct 2010




That is all I can think of for the moment. More, I hope will follow...