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CFRs on the frame was a 50s thing. It wasn't on the 67/70 pattern jeeps. You would have to go by the vehicle's serial number to confirm the CFR. If the data plate on the dash is blank, then how about the one behind the passenger seat on the wheel well? If that is also missing, then you will have to go by the stencilled CFRs. There were no other serial numbers that I can recall on a Cdn3 other than those two locations.

Normally the dash would have been the white stickers. In later service, and once in the units, this could be replaced with anything from stencils to grease pencil. Often the white stickers were painted over. CFRs were not normally on the hoods of this era, so it could be something from it's post service life. Since most M38A1s were in militia use in the late 70s/early 80s, there was not a consistent marking scheme for them.

The grill type headlamp covers would likely be a civilian replacement. The single bar over each lamp is what should be there.