Wow - 10038. That puts it in a build date of the first week or so of build for 1947 production, maybe July of 1946.
The 4WD trucks are easier to find parts for than the 2WD and a lot of parts are common to everything in the day. I chose to keep the '48 2WD stock and as close to original as I could. I had forgotten how slowly that 4-cylinder engine with a 6-volt starter turns over on a cold morning!
At that low a number and with that few miles, it is probably close to original - like the book shows it. A couple of years later, Willys-Overland got sloppy in what we would call configuration control today - if it fits, they put it on. Then, if it gets a lot of use and wears out, people replaced the worn out part with whatever fit. The '48 2WD had a lot of that.
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