This 1971 M38A1 CDN3 was built by Jeep in Toledo, Ohio, and is among the last M38A1 family of Jeeps built. It was assigned Canadian Forces Registration Number 71-09062 and the last firve digits would have appeared on the CANADA licence plate.
It was sold suplus about 1986 – 1987. An early owner was Dan Jahn who lkater sold it to Scott Lorette. Scott then had it painted white to represent a United Nations peacekeeing Jeep. Scott had served with the Canadian Armed Forces UN detachment on the Golan Heights. In late 2025 it was sold to me, Colin Stevens, and it will be repainted in its original camouflage paint pattern.
My research with old documents he has collected shows that 71-09062 served with:
- The Field Engineer Squadron , soon renamed 1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER)Royal Canadian Engineers at Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack. This was about 1975 as it appears on a list of vehicles that were scheduled for repainting in the camouflage pattern.
- The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own) in Vancouver, B.C. as a reconnaissance Jeep, fitted with a C5A1 General Purpose Machine Gun. They lent it to 15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery for an exercies in Fort Lewis, Washington, U.S.A.
- The 6th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers in North Vancouver.
