David EilersMay 31, 2014

Korean War Era Photos in Germany

Dennis shared these photos of his ex-wife's grandfather, Tom Provateare. He's pretty sure these were taken while Tom was stationed in Germany.

9 Comments

JoeMay 31, 2014 at 11:42 AM
Very nice M38's!!! The under hood painted stencil (Cost 2162.00) caught my eye. My '51 M38 had a similar stencil painted on the inside center area of the windshield: Price $2039.44 which means that these jeeps were not cheap even 63 years ago. Thanks for posting the pics.....
BrettMay 31, 2014 at 11:57 AM
Great pics. My '51 M38 came back from Germany, maybe one of those is it. Highly unlikely but you never know. ;)
BillMay 31, 2014 at 12:57 PM
The tires look bigger then the normal 700-16
SE Pennsylvania SteveMay 31, 2014 at 11:31 PM
Why would they put the price of the jeep on there like that?
JWJune 1, 2014 at 2:08 AM
Th price of the Jeep was painted on there to remind Soldiers what they might have to pay if they drove Uncle Sam's vehicle like it was a rental car. Posting the price in a military vehicle was not unique to M38's or to the Army in Germany, it was done off and on for years throughout the Army.
JWJune 1, 2014 at 2:23 AM
I had look up the relative cost of that M38. I looked at prices for 1955. The average cost of a new car in 1955 was $1900. A new CJ3b cost about $1600.
JoeJune 1, 2014 at 2:31 AM
Contract costs were marked on vehicles (especially jeeps) at the discretion of the unit C.O. in an effort to stop abuse of govt. equipment.....
DennisJune 1, 2014 at 3:19 AM
Learn something new everyday! Glad I sent these pictures for Dave to post, now I know why they had prices painted on. Thanks.
Brian SkrabutenasJanuary 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
The third photo from the top might be my jeep that I'm restoring. I found all these photos on the willys M Jeep group page and found one photo that you don't have. it matches the last four hood numbers 20919839. I'm trying to match up the hood numbers of a different photo and the hood latch is kinda blocking the number 1 of the numbers. do you have any original b/w photos of these and or to get in contact with the owner to verify hood numbers? my M38 has no vin plate and I have no history of were my M38 was in service at.