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After 3 years of hard work, the Dodge is finally out...
This is a 1940 Life magazine picture of the truck
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This is how it all started
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This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it...
Hi Jeepman
The WC-58 was different in that it was build with a 12 Volt elec installation iso the 6Volt as on all other WC series. This because it was a radio communication vehicle. The WC-58 was build in limited numbers (2344 pcs) and never featured winches.
Picture depicts one in action in...
Nice restoration, really.
Its too bad though that this WC-54 has post WWII Norwegian Army tyres on its wheels.
For the sake of having it as it was, I would install ND military tyres.
Small detail though,
Bart
The French Army received most of the vehicles that arrived trough the landings in Normandy and were decomisioned after the war was over. They used the vehicles for a number of years and then drove them of to 3 large storage places in france where the vehicles were neatly parked in perfect...
This ex US WWII US Army depot contained 100+ 2 1/2 Ton GMC's, 200+ Dodge WC series and numerous other WWII vehicles that arrived in France trough the Normandy landings.
Sadly, most of the trucks have been removed since, destination unknown...we know what that means.
Bart
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