M170 frontline ambulance.

The 101-inch stretched M38A1 built as a two-litter front-line ambulance from 1953 to 1967, with a folding rear body and a canvas top; about 4,000 for the US Army and Marines.

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Sources & evidence

M170 frontline ambulance — Front of a M170 Willys Ambulance Jeep as was used by the US Army. Capable of hauling 3 patients on litters. Produced from 1953 to 1963, the M170 was a 1/4-ton,

CZmarlin — Christopher Ziemnowicz · Public domain ↗

BASE VEHICLEM38 / M38A1BUILT BYWillys-Overland MotorsIN SERVICE1953–67OPERATED INUnited StatesPRODUCTIONAbout 4,000LAYOUT4 wheels · 81″

The record

Willys stretched the M38A1 by 20 inches for the M170, which carried three stretcher cases or six seated in a body with a folding tailgate and a canvas cover. It served in Korea’s aftermath and Vietnam and with the Marines; the CJ-6 of 1955 was its civilian twin.

Specification

MANUFACTURERWillys-Overland Motors ↗

Toledo, Ohio

MANUFACTURED1953–67

ENGINE2.2-litre F-head Hurricane four, 72 hp

PRODUCTION RUNAbout 4,000

COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States

OPERATED INUnited States

STATUSout of production

RECORD KINDNamed model

MODEL LINEM38 / M38A1

FAMILYM38 / M38A1

WHEELS4

NOMINAL WHEELBASE81″

CATEGORYSpecial · Ambulances, Military · US

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