Sold: 1953 M38A1 in Eastern Ontario

[Andrew Iarocci]

Apologies.

I agree, the kit seems like a civilian item, one that was clearly designed at least to fit a CJ tub. Yet I noted that the bracket for the heater controls had been painted over at least once in olive drab in my case. It doesn't prove anything, of course, but does suggest that the jeep may have carried the kit while it was still in service. And now that I spotted this second example, the plot thickens.

One other point of interest is that the glove box compartment had been removed entirely from my jeep in order to accommodate the blower on the inside of the firewall. I decided to reinstall the kit when I rebuilt the jeep, but did not want to be without a glove box, so I made up a replacement with a cut-out that worked around the blower. Did your jeep also have the compartment removed, or had it been modified/cut to allow for the blower?