First person that can I.D. this gets a big purple lollipop!

nctom

nctom

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This was cut from a vehicle. Name the year and model.

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From what I have found, it's gotta be a 2a, 3a, or 3b. I don't know any way to differentiate between them, or the year, just from your pic. (unless that's a factory orange that was only available in one year, I dunno on that).

"The stamping on the front of the flatfender CJ toolbox is, to my knowledge, the only true script stamping on any Willys Jeep, military or civilian.
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quote from this page: http://www.film.queensu.ca/cj3b/Tech/Toolbox.html

Wasn't somebody gonna make some repops of them at one time?
 
Kaiser, You are all over it. It was out of my 46 2A.

I figured you would nail it. I always wondered how it got approved to go from a war era cultural and military nickname to a real stamping. Mine was serial number 0002019. Daddy in law bought it a week after he got back from WW2. He had a pto hydraulic pump that could fit where the passenger seat would go and had a bunch of neat accessories with it.
 
I cut one out of my 3A's toolbox and have it on my bureau in the bedroom. Its pretty cool since its the FIRST time ever that name was used.
 
I always thought the script was a great font, but that "P" on the end is like nothing Ive seen before.
zjguy said:
I was just joking, because i couldn't find anything about it.
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No problem. Just having fun with the good stuff.
 
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