Recent content by army brat

Hi and thanks for all the info. Fortunatley my M38a1 CDN3 RR is in great shape very very solid. Not bragging just lucky! Spent most of it's non military life in a garage, and was not driven The only down side is that it was painted red and some of the military bits were missing when I got it...

Hey TK Looks like you have a real project on your hands, but your doing the right thing taking it down. It will be a nice piece when your done.:beer:

More info I have done more investigation and had a collector come over and have a look, looks like it was a jeep with the 106 rifle mounted to it. This is why the tailgate is gone. There was also a patch put in the windshield, also a beefed up suspension and other indicators. Cool find but...

Yeah I got lucky, I had a boat on Kajiji and I got an email from a guy asking if I would trade for an old army jeep. Most people would have probably passed but since my father was in the forces for over 20 years durring the 70's and 80's I grew up around these Jeeps I was all over it. I have...

very cool.....I was wondering where to find them!

Hi Guys Thanks for all the help! 1 CDN3 stands for 3 generation Canadian Varient 2 I have done so more investigation and see that the window frame has been patched up at the top, and from what I have found on the internet I think that this may have had the 106 mounted on. That would explane the...

Hi New to the forum and just picked up an M38A1-CDN3. Of coarse someone got it and took off a lot of the strap holder jerry can holder spare etc:evil: The good thing is that the jeep was garaged for the last 20 or so years and has only 11000 miles on it is in solid shape and has most of the...

Found it! Hi and thanks for all the help, The Jeep is an M38a1 CDN3 according to the build plate. (I'll get some pictures posted) I was given the name of a parts supplier who does in fact have this piece complete in a repair panel, that makes my life alot easier when I get to the back end...

Hi All I am new to the forum and have just purchased a 71 M38A1 CDN3 that is in very good shape. I am going to take it back to original........or how I remember them as a boy in the 70's growing up in a military base (That won't be hard to do as it is for the most part it's complete and solid...