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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote WellFedHobo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Aug. 2020 at 10:29pm
It's a '48 2A, pretty much all original, though it was resprayed 30-40 years ago. One of the nicest things was that the inner windshield frame was solid, only surface rust.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ol' Unreliable Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 12:55am
It's not the "correct"windshield frame for a '48, but there it is...  Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote WellFedHobo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 1:05am
How can you tell? Just curious.
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A '48 would have had the "lollipop" type inner frame arms and a latch for holding the inner frame closed.  It looks from here like that windshield frame is for an MB or GPW. Also, it's going to be about 2" too low for any 2A top.
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The windshield is stamped Willys though. Were MBs also stamped that way? Feels more like someone just put an early CJ2A windshield frame on it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ol' Unreliable Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Sep. 2020 at 11:11pm
Oh well, if it is stamped WILLYS but has the MB-type hold open arms, then it is a very early civilian w/s frame.  It should have the square washers on the front too, I think.

MBs did not have WILLYS stamped on the w/s frame.
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