M-38 Jeep - Ottawa, Ontario
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This M-38 Jeep, built by the Ford Motor Company in 1952. is located in the Lebreton Gallery of the Canadian War Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario
Waymark Code: WM10RVP
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/18/2019
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M38-CDN
The first post Second World War jeep was the M38, similar to the wartime MB/GPW, with the notable exceptions of being higher, with larger headlight protruding from the front of the vehicle (not sunken, like the earlier jeeps) and a one piece windshield.
The engine of the M38 was the same 4-cylinder L-head "Go Devil" design as the earlier jeeps, but was geared lower.
Ford of Canada assembled 2,135 of the M38 model, officially designated M38-CDN, between Feb and Nov 1952, with an average cost of $2600 per vehicle (the cost was $2807 for the first contract of 840 vehicles). All the Jeeps were shipped from Windsor to Hagersville, ON for inspection prior to military service.
The last vehicle produced by Ford was serial number F102135, delivered on 27 Nov 1952.
A separate purchase order program with Ramsey Winch Company was established for the installation of winches.
All the vehicles also had a convoy light installed as a field modification, done upon receipt by the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
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From an information panel on site:
United Nations Emergency Force
Two Canadian M-38 trucks, armed with Bren light machine guns, stop during a patrol in the Sinai desert, 1962.
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