Its very interesting, eager to see how reliability is with this one. In the past, DD1/2s have had a lot of issues when they initially came out and the same can be said with CSL-level equipment.

But I’m all for cheaper equipment and more people joining up the hobby.

Might see the CSW finally die-off, its been a good…

I hope we get to see twice the amount of flat fender content now !

Although, I don’t have a second T-90 to give :P

Don’t you get better towing capacity with the automatic transmission? Could be useful if you ever need to tow Jeep #1 to 10

You can prime a L134 with a drill by using a screwdriver blade in a drill.

CJ2A have a serial number stamped on a plate that is riveted to the frame rail + a dataplate on the cowl.

You can also buy a brand new block and build that with a higher compression head (supersonic) and stamp it with the old serial number

David, you can get a repro vin plate and have it stamped with your engine’s serial number and place that on your frame.

Nah I meant MB/CJ2A.

That’s according to forum users who used official scales.

And indeed, its quite heavy. Had a hard time towing mine.

EDIT: Officially though, on the dataplate, it says 2265, but people are reporting it was much more once filled up :P

A jeep is over 3200 lbs with a full fuel tank, so not exactly light.

I think you got yourself a nice yard ornament now. Everything could be fixed, but doubt the resell value would be worth it. Could be a good way to learn to weld though. I’d get new frame horns bent by a metal shop for the cost of a 6 or 12-pack. Weld in with fishplates on both sides.

Or body drop on a newer frame, LS…

Horses don’t use fuel, the Germans were using fuel from invaded countries as well as synthetic fuel but they could never have supported as many motor vehicles as the allies.

Not only were they out-fought, they were out-produced.

The Allies had pipelines under the Channel to support all those vehicles.

Very possible. I don’t think they had that many troops that knew english well enough to hold a conversation with a suspecting guard too.

Especially since the German high command had requested to units all over the ETO to send their best english speaking troops, and the Allies had known about it. Probably made them even…

I believe some were sold to the Israelis, but sadly, most were used for target practice later after the war. 

I don’t know the numbers, but there was still an awful lot of jeeps sold at Surplus auctions.

A lot were also dispatched to the Norwegian and Greek army also. The French had some before having the Hotchkiss-produced M201s.

Aha very possible!
Skorzeny’s spies, that infiltrated behind Allied lines during the battle of the Bulge all had jeeps, or other vehicles stolen from fleeing US troops. They were all if not almost all caught with their German paychecks on them, or unable to answer specific question about Baseball or other subject only…

Especially surprising when you compare to the Kubel, the germans only made 50 000 of ‘em. Compared to over 600 000 jeeps.

I’d do a VW TDI or Kubota diesel engine swap before a Mahindra. You can already swap for an electronic ignition for reliability on the old L-134 to begin with.

Also good to note that every American and british paratrooper was issued a brassard for the normandy landings to detect gas as well.

The germans did not use chemical agents in WW2. The US did, by mistake, when one of their ships carrying chemical bombs blew up in Bari in 1943.

The risk was greater to get shot by your own straffing aircrafts (jaboos).