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CANADA, 1960 - 1969
CANADA, 1960 - 1969
Militia Officers gathered around an M38 Canadian jeep, 1961
Militia Officers gathered around an M38 Canadian jeep licence N1.158 (1961), with a map board sitting in front of its windshield. Capt. Batten, Seaforth on the right. Third from the left may possibly be Colonel Day. This may be a TEWT (Tactical Exercise Without Troops), 1961, M43CDN ambulance on left. (N I .458)
The first post Second World War jeep was the M38, similar to the wartime MB/GPW, with the notable exceptions of being higher, with larger headlight protruding from the front of the vehicle (not sunken, like the earlier jeeps) and a one piece windshield. The engine of the M38 was the same 4-cylinder L-head "Go Devil" design as the earlier jeeps, but was geared lower.
Ford of Canada assembled 2,135 of the M38 model, officially designated M38-CDN, between Feb and Nov 1952, with an average cost of $2600 per vehicle (the cost was $2807 for the first contract of 840 vehicles). All the Jeeps were shipped from Windsor to Hagersville, ON for inspection prior to military service.
The last vehicle produced by Ford was serial number F102135, delivered on 27 November 1952. A separate purchase order program with Ramsey Winch Company was established for the installation of winches. All the vehicles also had a convoy light installed as a field modification, done upon receipt by the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

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