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Originally a Navy jeep, working out of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (original body number lost, sadly). Now painted in Army markings. I made up the hood number (USN Jeeps never had them), so I just added "20" to the frame/plate #. Later, after reading John Farley's book, "The Standard Wartime Jeep," it mentioned hood #s for a Jeep a few hundred numbers from mine, which would place the correct hood # for this MB at or close to 20562310 if it had been a Army Jeep in WW2. I cannot find the body serial number as there appear to be no markings to that spor on the body for some reason. The engine block # was hard to read but I found it apparently has it's original engine. Its unrestored but in darned good shape for an old "stump jumper." I have re-routed the fuel line, bypassing the fuel strainer and going through a modern in-line filter. The exhaust system was routed out the back two owners ago, and I plan on putting the correct exhaust system in as soon as I can find a good skid plate. I have also replaced the original two-bolt spare tire carrier with a repro three-bolt one. This is because the rear was never drilled for the 'shoe' to hold the tire in place and changing the tire back there is a BEAR to do it alone!
Currently painted in COM-Z markings but I plan on marking the hood to match Bill Mauldin's issued Jeep eventually. This Jeep has been featured in several issues of Army Motors.
