Description
A very original 1943 WW2 Jeep
Had a 18 month long restoration, completed last spring.
Built in the Dallas Texas Ford factory on the 15th March.
She saw service in northwest Europe during WW2, receiving combat damage. She still has some visible repaired bullet holes in the drivers side.
There are visible welding marks on the frame, from where a machine gun mount was originally fitted and a radio set. So probably originally a reconnaissance jeep.
Repaired under the Marshall plan, in the Esslingen Benz aero engine factory in Germany 1952, bullet holes were filled and a replacement rear panel were fitted.
She then spent some time with the Belgian 16th armoured division, before being sold and returning to California until summer 2021. When she was purchased and crossed the Atlantic for a 3rd time, back to the U. K.
The tub is stamped with the Esslingen factory markings and I have the removed “normal” and “oculate” tags from the dash.
As part of the restoration, she was stripped down to each and every component part down to the metal.
This is a completely solid original ACM2 tub on an equally solid frame.
The engine has been professionally rebuilt, cylinders relined back to standard, skimmed, new valve stems and valves, the crank and cam shafts have also been reground.
There is so much more to tell and I have countless photos showing each step of the work, along with a folder of receipts and paperwork.
She is running on her original combat rims, including the spare.
This is not a jeep made from modern body panels and body filler. Again I have photos to prove it.
This has had a no expense spared sympathetic restoration.
Preserving as many original parts as possible.
Priced accordingly, this isn’t a jeep that will break down or need money thrown at it. Fully registered and driven in dry weather regularly.
I’ve had bad experiences with transfers, so would prefer cash or part cash sale. A true WW2 Machine Gun and Radio equipped veteran with a combat history in NW Europe. 1950's Belgian army Piron Lion and Cog and Cross Cannons markings of the Belgian 16th Armoured Division, Ordnance Corps, were also found under original paint and have been photographed.
