David EilersJuly 22, 2012

Found on the cowl of a M-38A1

Paul discovered this plate on the driver's side cowl of his M-38A1. Anyone know what it does?

Paul writes, "1952 m38a1-thought this was some sort of id plate at first. Looked inside glove box, has a backing plate and bondo fills the holes. any idea what was mounted? thank you."

4 Comments

LeoJuly 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM
That is for mounting the mirror, same mirror as used on all earlier M type Jeeps
deilersJuly 22, 2012 at 9:15 PM
Thanks Leo!
SteveJuly 23, 2012 at 2:01 AM
M38A1 plate on drivers side cowl is for military issue rear view mirror which bolted to that plate. It was made heavy duty due to running into brush or getting shot off .
MartyJuly 23, 2012 at 2:13 AM
Spot light??