After finishing Dana's '56 3100 I decided to try my hand at another brand, so I started looking for a Willy's Jeep. I found one on Craig's List about 100 miles north of me and bought it, it's a 1953 M38A1. As it turns out it was born into the US Navy, then sold as surplus to my local VFD where they built it into a mini fire truck (I never knew they owned it until the seller told me where it came from). It took me almost 5 years to complete, but I got it back to as close as I could to the way they built it in 1983.

Here's the way it looked when I bought it, then upside down with all new floors, the chassis done and the finished Jeep!

Mike B smile
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Mike Boteler

1956 Chevy 3100 Resto Rod
1952 Willys M38 Army Jeep
1983 Jeep CJ7 Laredo
1984 Jeep CJ7
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Silver Spring, MD