La Crosse WI M100 Trailer

[ih8pepl]

Not mine, but I wish I had the money to make it so...

Solid 1952 Strick (only 519 produced) Amphibious M100 Trailer. Original condition aside from the hitch. Has a Floor! Located in La Crosse Wisconsin. Fair price too.

http://lacrosse.craigslist.org/grd/5616683505.html

 

[grnhornetcustoms]

That one has a Delivery date of 12/52 Ser# 12672. Mine is 11/52 #9138. 3534 between our #'s. Do you know how they assigned numbers and where the info of 519 produced came from. I guess I just assumed that they mass produced these. I'm interested. Thanks in advance for any input you have.


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[ih8pepl]

That one has a Delivery date of 12/52 Ser# 12672. Mine is 11/52 #9138. 3534 between our #'s. Do you know how they assigned numbers and where the info of 519 produced came from. I guess I just assumed that they mass produced these. I'm interested. Thanks in advance for any input you have.


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There were multiple manufacturers of 1/4 ton trailers. Some producing more than others - Dunbar Knapp is the most common that you come across. Im not sure how the serial #s work, if the manufacturer put the # there or the United States Ordinance Dept just counted each trailer, not separating them by make, so serial #s just overlap manufacturers. I notice on my Strick that the Serial # stamping and delivery date stamping were done with obviously different punches. We may never know. Mine is #6789

I found a list of production #s for between WWII and the Korean war. Strick made 518 (I was off by 1) 1/4 ton trailers during that time.