Could there have been a large military or export order in that year, which was not counted in the AMC figures, or is there another logical explanation? The list of Surviving CJ-3B Jeeps suggests the possibility that there were interruptions where serial numbers were re-started at a higher number. For example, the VIN of Ron Ingram's 1961 CJ-3B seen here in the photo, would make it the 11,704th high-hood off the line in that year. Stan's review of serial numbers in the Database suggests that 'the serial numbers listed on the CJ-3B Serial Numbers page seem to be correct up to the start of 1962.' Since those VIN's correspond with Norton Young's production figure of 17,8, Stan's research tends to support that figure rather than the AMC figure of only 8,5. I also believe that some were titled the year they were sold and not necessarily the year they were built.' I think a lot of this is due to the possibility of owners not having a title and just going by what they were told. Stan comments, 'Many CJ-3Bs in the list are clearly not the year the owners think they are. Stan Peterson, now that he has finished the restoration of his No-Nonsense 1965 CJ-3B, has spent some time comparing the production figures with the serial numbers recorded by year in our list of Surviving CJ-3B Jeeps. The details of the switch from the Willys serial numbers prefixed by 57348, to the Kaiser serial numbers prefixed by 8105.The apparent disagreement of the AMC figures with other sources, particularly for the years 19.

This leaves a couple of significant questions: Both these sets of figures are now included on the updated CJ-3B Serial Numbers page. We now have CJ-3B production figures up to 1968, taken from several original Willys documents, as well as figures collected by American Motors in 1977, when they owned the Jeep corporation.

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