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barttheguinnessguy:
Been waiting to show this off....

1944 Ford GPW  :icon_super:

Dutch:
Not anorak enuf to appreciate them but do you know if & where it has seen action ?

barttheguinnessguy:
As far as we can work out, it never made it over to Europe, during Overlord, as it has an NRA sticker in the windscreen.
That suggests that it spent it's retirement in the US, and no ETO equipment was returned home, so as not to kill the US's manufacturing industry after the war.

It has seen service, with the US Marine Core, judging by her hood number, but probably only within the continental USA

My guess is that she was stockpiled after manufacture, but never deployed. She was then issued to the Marine Core post WW2. Her invasion markings and original registration were painted over, and she was used on a base, somewhere in the western States, until she was sold off, in the 50's.
until the bloke who imported her answers my letter, though, it's all speculation.


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Deano400:
Nice. Someday I'll get myself one of those.  :icon_biggrin:

barttheguinnessguy:
Nearly done... Just gotta finish the markings, this weekend. She's gonna portray a Jeep of the 21'st Independent Parachute Co in 1944






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