Misc. Found this online

[Manic Mechanic]

Wish I could find things like this near me.

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[TSB8C]

$13K with no drive train, but available repro kits can be bought here: Jeep-in-a-Box

 

[Manic Mechanic]

$13K with no drive train, but available repro kits can be bought here: Jeep-in-a-Box

That's cool. The one I posted was a complete Jeep with everything. Nos from WW2. is still hiding in warehouses out there

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[Belizean]

I wonder if that’s some old picture. Just looks to dam good looking 80 years later coming out of a box. No rust no dust no termites chewing up the wood box. Even the plywood looks good.

 

[Manic Mechanic]

I wonder if that’s some old picture. Just looks to dam good looking 80 years later coming out of a box. No rust no dust no termites chewing up the wood box. Even the plywood looks good.

I agree but I've seen things sitting in conditioned storage look amazing after a long time. I'll have to see if I can find the article/post and get more information. The one pic is definitely in some sort of garage or storage room

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[Manic Mechanic]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/jeep-in-a-crate.html

Scam from back in the day. More than likely the one pictured is a restored MB with a new crate built around it for showing purposes.

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[CJ]

Hmm, but from the link they claim.

The "Jeep in a crate" become a myth and an icon after the war. To date; an original jeep in a crate has never been recovered. Many people believe they were offered at a low price after the war but that turned out to be a myth. You could find surplus Jeeps after the war but it's never been proven that a Jeep in a crate could actually be purchased after the war.

Makes you wonder about the truth...

 

[Belizean]

Hmm, but from the link they claim.

Makes you wonder about the truth...

I always wondered about that story. And I’ve seen plenty pictures of Jeeps shipped during the war and none were in a box. Waste of plywood.

 

[Manic Mechanic]

It was always my assumption it was like this. Then stacked 3 high on a ship. Hence the reason for no roll cage flat fenders and folding windshield

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[Belizean]

Or this. All worn out and tossed out. If there was a nice new one in a box somewhere why drive around in an old beater, drive around in the new one unless you are saving it for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.

 

[Manic Mechanic]

Bet you there's a ton hiding in old barns and buildings over seas

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[TSB8C]

Bet you there's a ton hiding in old barns and buildings over seas

Couple of years ago this one was found in a barn in England.
Barn Find

 

[duffer]

$13K with no drive train, but available repro kits can be bought here: Jeep-in-a-Box

99.999% probability that the OP is the MD Juan version and new manufacture as posted by Jeepsterman. The markings on the crate even match. Probably not a terrible price for the sheet metal, frame, springs, and the rest of the stuff included in the kit but no axles, engine, Transmission , Transfer Case , or driveshafts are included. Still likely to be a $25-30K repop before you get it on the road. And you are very unlikely to get that much selling it.

 

[Manic Mechanic]

Would have been nice for the m38 I had

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[mdeluca]

I remember seeing that ad in the classified section of the newspaper when I was in high school. Never quite had the money; I think it was like $1599 if memory serves.