Rick W Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Can anyone give me a build date with number 57994 please for a GPW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) i believe 1942 but not sure month, someone here will put you right im sure. is the day on the data plate ? mine had the original data plates in brill condition . made 19th feb 1944 (a saturday!).. Edited March 12, 2010 by Willyslancs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) imine had the original data plates in brill condition . made 19th feb 1944 (a saturday!).. That will be its date of delivery, ie when it passed its final inspection by Military inspectors as fit for delivery and had its military bonnet (hood) number, stencilled on and its dash plate stamped, this could have been up to several weeks after coming off the assembly line, they were not necessarily done in sequence plus Fords had several assembly plants Edited March 13, 2010 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Can anyone give me a build date with number 57994 please for a GPW? 1942 ..Info on the G503 forum will date it http://www.g503.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripp Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Using this, it comes out at around August 19th 1942 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T corbin Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 My GPW 56379 not far off yours DoD 8-18-42 . So is late AUG or early SEP . T CORBIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Close, 24th August 1942! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) Hi Guys I have just dated my GPW 183616 as February / March 1944 using this link http://www.xs4all.nl/~rdrnl/4UWPGPWSerialnumber.html but can anyone tell me where it was made ? its hood number ? where it was sent ? or anything else of interest about it ? Also its engine number 1722, can you tell when this was made etc ?. thanks Edited August 1, 2010 by Ian L Found a link to dating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIM GILMORE Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 "....Can anyone give me a build date with number 57994 please for a GPW? ...." GPW motor # GPW-57994 was assembled at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Motor Building on Tuesday, August 11, 1942. It would have been assembled into a vehicle (GPW-57994) three to about nine working days later. Jim Gilmore Jim Thorpe, PA. USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIM GILMORE Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 "........anyone tell me the date of my GPW ? 183616 and engine 1722......" Your GPW, GPW-183616 would have had motor # GPW-183616 originally ...... Motor # GPW-1722 would be from a different earlier GPW. All Ford Jeeps had matching motor, frame and data plate numbers. Here is some data on both ..... GPW motor # GPW-1722 was assembled at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Motor Building on February 18, 1942 and would have been assembled into vehicle GPW-1722. GPW motor # GPW-183616 was assembled at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Motor Building on February 11, 1944 and would have been assembled into vehicle GPW-183616 three to about nine working days later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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