This M38A1 was assembled in 1956 by the Nederlandse Kaiser Frazer Fabrieken NV (NEKAF) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and was one of the very few M38A1’s that already left the Royal Netherlands Army in the early seventies. This is my first car! I bought it more than 20 years ago. After its military life somewhere around 1975 it was turned into a civil CJ-5 and painted yellow, followed by light green and red during the following years. I turned it almost in its original configuration again in 1993. In 2014 I met one of its former owners and he told me that he had gone all the way to Hungary and back (a 4000km journey) in 1989 (see photos 2 and 3 and note the communist star on the train). He even met Russian soldiers in their GAZ-jeeps who were very excited to see an “American” M38A1. Together they made a ride on military terrain. In 1989 this M38A1 already had a history of more than 100.000 km! Nowadays it only drives some 500km a year.
Dear Tonnie,
More than two years have passed since my latest reply, but I finally found the information you were looking for!
Your M38A1 was assembled by NEKAF in Rotterdam in 1956 and its military registration number was KP-63-30.
Regards,
Harold
Dear Tonnie,
I am sorry to inform you that I can not find the original military registration number of your M38A1 (Nekaf).
Your jeep was the 1227th M38A1 assembled by NEKAF in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
In my database I found some information about the nearest frame numbers (see below).
MD11229 1956 KP-62-37
MD11231 19** **-**-** production nr. #1227 engine nr. MD108730
MD11233 1956 KP-62-06
Regards,
Harold
Beste harold,
Ik heb via de verkoper van mijn nekaf een mail van je aan hem ontvangen. In de mail geef je aan op zoek te zijn naar de kentekens van nekaf-jeeps. Ik ben benieuwd of u het kenteken van mijn nekaf ook hebt. Mijn chassis nummer is MD 11231. Nummer staat op het chassis en op de plate op het dashboard. De nummers op de plate op het dashboard matchen met chassisnummer en motornummer MD 108730. Verder staat op het Orginele Willys plaatje op de wielkast de serialnummer ; 57144 en 11231R . Daarnaast is er op het plaatje nog ingeslagen ; 1227 linksboven in de hoek van het plaatje en MD rechtsboven op het plaatje.
Ik ben benieuwd of je adh van de nummers het oude kenteken kunt achterhalen.
Gr Tonnie