There is a very faked Jeep on ebay being advertised as being "all original". This is one of the most slapped together mish-mash of parts from several jeep models and decades I have ever seen! The crime is he has labeled it so incorrectly - fraud I say - and some poor dopes that don't know any better are bidding it up to the $10,000 range.
This is a homebuilt jeep, not a factory Army jeep as purported. There are so many things wrong with this "only 571 miles on it" jeep I don't know where to begin.
The Top Bows are not even correct for an MB/GPW, nor for a CJ-2a. They are M-38 (1950-51), as is the windshield frame. The rear Top Bow mounting brackets are home made, not factory. The Front winch is not military, not Willys factory. The CJ-2a did not come with 4 grab handles; they are incorrect on a 1946 jeep. The blackout lights are a mess. The Front B/O lights are not in the grill where they should be IF it were a real military vehicle. The rear B/O Lights are mounted upside down and not in the correct position for a military jeep. Civilian Jeeps did not come with Pre-War Dodge King-Bee Marble reflectors. There is a muffler clamp holding the Carb elbow to the top of the carb - YIKES!!! There are muffler clamps holding the non-military Ax & shovel to the wrong side of the vehicle. CJs don't have Ax & Shovel, MB/GPWs did, but on the driver's side, not the passenger side as this cobble-job has been done up. The wire harness is homemade, and a bad one at that. Where did the hood welting go over the grill? It should still be there with only 571 original miles on the jeep.
CJ's don't have the spare tire & gas can mounted to the tailgate. Military Jeeps don't have tailgates. Military jeeps don't have locking wheel hubs either.
It has had a WWII glove box cut into the CJ-2A dashboard on the body. The glove box door looks homemade. It has the long 1pc data plate instead of the 3-piece data plate set.
The rear bumperettes are mounted upside down. What is up with the black reversed painted star? And the aftermarket taillight? It has a postwar pintle hook, probably from a Vietnam era M151. It has a
3-stud spare tire mount - that was discontinued at Willys in 1943!What a mess, any other knowledgeable jeepers want to send this guy an email 'correcting' his listing?
Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII