Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

If you have an unrestored WWII jeep, we would like to see pictures, and hear your comments. NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Mon Nov 17, 2014 4:33 pm

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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:05 pm

Sitting in outback Queensland in the sunshine body was retrieved some years ago and a Diahstsu 12r and 4speed 4wd gearbox fitted out of a F20 the brake pedal is connected to the hand brake drum drives only with the back wheels the front drive shaft is missing fuel tank is from a lawn mower yes!
the things our cockies do that Australian term for a farmer :)
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Mon May 11, 2015 11:26 pm

Here are some pic of interest new gear box & transfer case going in now by The Australian legend the (Jeep Dr ) from Maffra Victoria stand by more information coming up very soon
See the original USA paint work this indeed is a USMC jeep pointed out by the Jeep Dr,

yes back seat is original need to replace the front very difficult to match the age look,
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Tue May 12, 2015 5:20 am

Here is the new cross member, gear box & transfer case job well done by the legend Edward Medwik ( Dr, Jeep )

a before and after with a little touch up in the engine bay
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Tue May 12, 2015 5:23 am

The Doc, pointing to the Jeep
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Mon May 18, 2015 8:03 am

MickaelUSA wrote:I thought it would be a very good contribution of a very original unrestored MB 1943.
When the jeep will be home I will post other pictures with details.
I am very happy about this nice barn find!
Cheers,

Contribution Part II:

I have been able to gather additional information on the jeep from the daughter of the previous owner

Wolfhounds are painted on the jeep. The jeep may have been in the wolfhound division of the war. The serial number of the jeep might give more insight as to where it was in the war theatre.

The jeep was originally purchased by my dad in California 1962. I learned to drive in the desert in this jeep in Carson City NV and will always cherish that memory. To change to 4 wheel drive you have to get out, change the lugs and I did it by myself. There are many memories of travels in the jeep - we went to Ft. Wingate New Mexico, Kit Carson cave, and the Painted Desert one summer. It was hot since no air conditioning but we did not care. What a great time especially for a young person.

The jeep has been in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and towed to Alaska on the Alaskan Highway (ALCAN) where my dad worked on the XXXXXX in the 1970's. The jeep then came back to Nevada and then moved to Texas in 1996 where it has been ever since. The jeep has been in our family all these years and it has been well cared for.

It is hard to part with such a great piece of history but we will always have the memories


As of today this jeep will be called <<Wolfhounds>>

Contribution III:

The jeep should arrive home next Thursday ...
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Now the WOLHOUNDS is in Melbourne Australia and very happy.
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by Fabrizio » Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:47 pm

Owner of the wolfhound Jeep will be very happy to look at the first picture here...
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by RidgeRunner17901 » Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:43 pm

I went to look at a GPW that the previous owner of Wolfhounds had and almost bought the Wolfhounds Jeep. I had put a deposit down and everything. Man do I kick myself in the @$$ for not buying that. :oops: I don't really think I knew the significance of what I was looking at. Or maybe I just thought oh I'll just come across another one.I was new into the hobby and had only owned one other GPW at the time and was just purchasing my second one. Now six Jeeps later I'm still looking for that original nice well worn patina that just need to be maintained,driven & enjoyed just the way it is, Never restored.

Congratulations to the new owner, enjoy the Wolfhounds!!

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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:08 am

When I took the Wolfhounds Jeep and showed it to the Jeep Doctor Edward Medwik that I officially have named him the "Jeep Professor" he was gob smacked Edward can see that I am Jeep sick and is going over it and replacing what is not correct the springs for one the motor is post war that in time will be replaced he cannot believe that it still has the original axe and shovel, back seat frame and canvas, sparton horn, combat rims, to be very honest I was extremely lucky to buy it all the way from Australia how this Jeep wasn't snapped up in the US is beyond me' I think it was meant to be, all my life I wanted a Jeep, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to come with his family to go visit his grand parents that live in the county we were 13 or 14 years old at the time and running around as kids do so we took a look in the shed you guys call, a barn" and in it was a jeep I so wish I took a picture at the time it looked like it was 95% intact cant say for sure if it was WW2 or post, yes I asked if the old man would sell the answer was no!

years past so I took a drive back the house was empty and the barn half fallen dawn the jeep was picked to the bone ,,,so I had to clear my mind and just the other day I went back for the last time now I am 55 years old, the house in poor shape and not a bolt left from that jeep all was gone not sold stolen sad to see.

When you really! want something, it will come in good time movies books magazine's then the age of computers made it so easy to find Jeeps all over the world, and the sickness goes on here is my latest acquisition a 1944 GPW looks to me an original or a very old restoration hard to tell good health to us all :)
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:43 am

Thanks RidgeRunner17901 yes that's right never to be restored well not while I own it anyway the original owner you refer to who was it btw I am interested to know,

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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by Fabrizio » Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:46 am

Did you see the picture?
Same markings as yours!
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:33 am

Fabrizio wrote:Did you see the picture?
Same markings as yours!

Yes I did its fantastic cheers! I knew it when I first looked at the Jeep it had side footman's loops so I said this must have served in Korea then I looked it up and yes it certainly did

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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:18 pm

In the shed or barn' before the storm
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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

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Picked up this nice Federal siren sounds so good

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Re: Very nice unrestored MB 1943 : For SALE

Post by ww11models » Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:30 am

I found the proper shade of green so this siren will soon look the part for my GPW
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