Jim Gilmore Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Aron, Thank you for the info ....... Can you check the ORD/MFG number again? If your Hull number is correct ( M-29C-7122) your ORD number should be 115?? ....or if your ORD number is correct (10159) the hull number should be around 549? to 56??.... If you can confirm your ORD number I can give you the contract it was delivered under and the original USA number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aron Callewaert Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 So the Hull number i have is M29C 7155 and the dataplate ord number and serial number is 10159. The papers i have to get it on the road indicate the Hull number, so it might be that the data plate Comes from somewhere else. I have bought it this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilmore Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 John posted: Hi Jim, You might have this weasel in your records. Located here in Australia........... ..........Here is some British weasel info kindly offered by Richard Farrant over on the HMVF forum; <<<All Weasels under Contract Supply Mech 6362 come in five batches of census numbers; X5853143 to 5853242 P5881878 to 5882381 P6160643 to 6160990 P6180709 to 6181208 P6225756 to 6226757 "P" is prefix for amphibs, why the first one is listed as "X" in the copy book of census numbers, I don't know, but it was a mistake somewhere in time as that letter denotes a Trailer. John, One advantage to all this COVID stuff is that the pubs in my town are closed so I have a lot of time to dig in the boxes of Weasel documents I have here...... Years ago I was researching Weasels ( and jeeps, GPA's and GP/BRC/MA) at the Bovington Tank Museum Archives and copied the WD Supply/Mechanical "assembly cards" . I just came across them and I can add more info on this. Richard has a mistake on the prefix for the first contract under S?/M 6362. The correct prefix is P and not X. P5853143 to P5853242 is what is actually listed on the original card for the first contract WD numbers. In addition to WD S/M 6362 there were two other S/M contracts for Weasels. WD S/M Contract 6027 for 1,098 ( originally 1,100) T-24/M-29 "Snow Vehicles" ....or "Truck 10 cwt tracked GS" with WD numbers Z5514686 to Z5515783. The Z is correct and not a typo. WD S/M Contract2944 for 4 Studebaker T-15 "..."Weasels" (amphibious)..." . No WD numbers are listed for these 4 vehicles. Now...a question for you....I have abbreviations for some of the destinations for these vehicles after acceptance in the UK. Most I know but one I do not....maybe you do? UK = United Kingdom ( England) UK adty = UK Admiralty ( British Navy ?) ME = Middle East India = India NA = ???? What would this be? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilmore Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Aron, Thanks for the confirm.....the 7122 was a typo on my part. Your Weasel was built at the end of contract T-17532. This was the next to the last contract for M-29C units. I asked the confirm because your Hull number is out of sequence with other vehicles in the ORD number range. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twotowers2 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Looking for any information you may have on this weasel. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilmore Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 TT2: Your M-29C was built under US Contract T-12815. I checked my list of National Archives photos and documents but did not find this vehicle. A PM with further info was sent to you. Thank You for the info. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04mustang Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Hi jim! My weasel is hull number M-29C-7676. Supposedly the actual usa number is 40196503. It does have the serial plate but I dont have the weasel in front of me just yet. Its coming from CA and has supposedly been there basically since surplus. It will no reside on the east coast in NC. Thank you, Corey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-D Zernia Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Hi Jim. I have a serial number to pass on. I will send the photo of it. Right now the weasel is stored pretty far from my home, I will get more numbers later. This is a brass plate rather that steel. Also it is fastened with screws in stead of rivets. I was curious if there may be a reason for that. A question I also have, is there a safe way to clean a steel plate to read the stamped number. I wish not to do something that may destroy the information on a different machine. Thank you. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-D Zernia Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) Jim, I did find a picture with the US number on the weasel data I recently sent. ser no 12965 US 49197361 In the photo I’m looking at the first number looks like a 1 but there is a shadow of paint that would make it a 4. That would make more sense I hope this is of use with your listings. This machine is mostly in the original factory configuration as best I can tell. Thanks Fred Edited September 15, 2020 by F-D Zernia I changed the US number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5280Beltfed Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Picked up this one recently from Michigan, USA. Picture of a spare engine stamping as I haven’t been able to ID the number on the engine currently installed. 3417 on the data plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc51 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Jim I got a second weasel recently and the S/N plate has a suspicious S/N #. What do you make of it? A rebuild number from a post war company?? pic attached. I think you already have my 1st weasel hull number M29C-2327. tks Dennis Ontario Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) Witam Jim. Mam łasicę UST24-722, jeśli niech będzie policzył liczby w numerach rejestracyjnych USA (wg DAVID DOYLE) powinien być powinien być w USA 40122427 silnik T24637. Czy znaleźć mogę znaleźć serwisową moją łas? Pozdrowienie Tomka Edited April 2, 2022 by Tomek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonM Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Hi Jim, We recently acquired a Weasel project from Patrick. First photo shows the hull number UST-24-2003 and the serial number plate showing "1003 and up" whatever that means. The second photo shows a tag on the differential presumably from a repair shop in Lyon France. We have been stripping the paint layers looking for any identifying marks but no luck except for what looks like a number applied in the factory directly over the zinc-chromate primer. There is a number "26" apparently applied with a brush located on the front right exterior of the hull. This is fascinating stuff! Don M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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