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hood catch small bolts

Post by Jean Georges » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:08 am

Hello All ,
Just need some help to sort that out
What kind of marking should be on the VEP ?
I found that small bolts on a slat grill and some EC on 1943 GPW
Were they cast iron with Ford ?
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Re: hood catch small bolts

Post by Michael O. » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:27 pm

The ones off my '42 GPW and '43 GPW were the Ford style plain bolts. Some have found "F" marked ones but plain are correct also. I think a VEP would definitely have the plain Ford style bolt.

I have three other GPW hoods and they were all the plain also, with the Ford style head.
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Re: hood catch small bolts

Post by steven ellis » Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:30 pm

how early of vep do you have. my 227 had plain bolts will double check on 314 if I were guessing f are a march april appearance
GPW 314 DOD 3-14-42
GPW 227 DOD 2/42 2062315 (actual) & US NAVY 195086 hood numbers
MB124997 DOD 3/4/42 2079954 (actual) Slat grill
42 WC51
M38 DOD 3/52 Hood# 20908270 actual

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Post by Jean Georges » Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:38 am

Hello
thanks for the answer
my VEP is 6088
jean
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Re: hood catch small bolts

Post by Chuck Lutz » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:10 am

Jean...I believe that the GPW used only plain headed bolts in that location. Certainly some "F" marked ones from other locations might have been put on in the field during service. As long as they are not SHORT, modern bolts....but are the slightly TALLER head style you should be good to go. I also look for the slightly ROUNDED top edge on them as a clue to them being the correct style.

Remember that later on in the war Willys used hoods with an "F" on the hinge but most likely attached the hardware with bolts that had headstamps on them. It is possible that hoods were switched or hardware was switched at any time and resulted in a VEP having "AA" bolts on it or a VEP having bolts used to attach the hardware that came from a bin of them in the motorpool....they could have had an "F" on them that way.
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Re: hood catch small bolts

Post by steven ellis » Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:16 pm

Interestingly, 314 has plain on the fender but the ones on the hood itself are f marked. dod of 314 is 3.14.42
GPW 314 DOD 3-14-42
GPW 227 DOD 2/42 2062315 (actual) & US NAVY 195086 hood numbers
MB124997 DOD 3/4/42 2079954 (actual) Slat grill
42 WC51
M38 DOD 3/52 Hood# 20908270 actual


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