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What's the best way to decifer whether it's a rare factory Jeep or a frankenstein built in someones backyard? It has an ID # but it was a DMV # issued by DMV that they have no records of. It has other modifications that were obviously not 1949 era. But the bed length could be original.

I'm trying to decyfer whether or not what I saw today was a 1949 CJ3 with a long bed, maybe used as an ambulance? Or a homemade frankenstein? The frame had not been lengthened, but the body has. It has the usual tailgate. The windsheild had some sheet metal around it to keep it from being opened...

jeep CJ3 long bed Forgive me for replying to an old thread, but I'm new here and I too have seen a Jeep that looks to be 1949 CJ3 with a long bed. The frame has not been lengthened, but the body has. It could be a homemade modification, or it could be a rare Jeep. The jeep has many obvious mods...