Would you be able to find a chassis number for this jeep ? Reason is it may
be one of our Australian jeeps that we sold Royal Netherlands Army during
the War.
Rgds,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: buka@wxs.nl <buka@wxs.nl>
To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Friday, 12 February 1999 19:15
Subject: [MV] 1942/1945/1952? Ford jeep
>Dear list,
>
>Recently I was approached by a fellow Dutchman who is able to
>buy a jeep. The jeep he has an eye on, raises some questions
>though! Maybe some of you can help clear the sky around this
>vehicle.
>
>The jeep should be a 1942 Ford GPW which was imported from
>Indonesia to the Netherlands around 7 years ago. The papers
>that
>go with the jeep say (in Malaysian) that it is a 1945 Ford GPW.
>But...the dashboard nomenclature plates have the year 1952
>stamped in them.
>
>The jeep is coloured very dark green, darker than the usual
>"olive drab". No unit-markings or white stars are to be found
>on
>the surface of the jeep. The engine of the vehicle is colored a
>kind of orange.
>
>Additional information: no rifle holder on the wind-shield,
>body
>seems to be the Willys kind. According to the current owner
>there used to be a 10cm high red vertical light on each fender.
>To the left side of the steeringcolum there is attached a
>handle
>(for indicating direction?).
>
>Unfortunately I didn't see the vehicle or a photo of it yet.
>All
>the information came to me by e-mail. I do not know the s/n or
>engine number (yet). I hope any of you can help us with the
>little information we have.
>
>Dennis Buijs
>the Netherlands
>1943 GPW
>
>
>
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