What year????

[bherde]

I recently dug a J300 out of a field and am trying to determine the year. The ID plate correctly identifies it as J300 pickup, 5000GVW, and the serial of 127XX says it could be a fairly early one. Any ideas how to narrow it down?

[gmwillys]

I've looked through some of the resources, and have not come up with an exact year for your J300. I will look through a few things that Kaiser has out, and share the findings. Willys was terrible for keeping records, and a lot of left over model year parts found their way to the next model. No one has an exact directory of information, because the factory didn't keep good records. More to follow.