scotc said: (quoted from post at 04:52:32 09/25/11) I believe what people refer to as the different "stages" of the SM were simply the old parts being used up and being replaced by the new ones on the assembly line.
Mine's a hermaphrodite according to everyone here. Belly pump, with underseat battery. I keep getting told it should have the battery under the tank or live hydraulics. I know it came out of the factory this way because my grandmother bought it new late in 52.
Having the old style seat with the battery under the tank simply tells you it was made earlier in the production run.
Mine too #16262 CJ has alot of the old parts on it it was built Nov 52.So leads me to belive that when they switched the line to Super in march they used up the parts they could.Then swithed battery location in 53.
This post was edited by lblock at 05:19:11 09/25/11.
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