By Robert Emslie
I don’t know why, but I find this picture of Military Jeeps stacked on a civilian transport to be extremely compelling. It was provided without explanation on the Big Mack Trucks forums by forum member 41Chevy. It’s hard to say whether these are heading out for active duty, or are returning home, perhaps to be turned over to civilian hands, or be scrapped. Either way, I don’t think I’ve seen Jeeps on a transport like this before. And yes, I’m easily amused.
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Image source: BigMackTruck forums
Jeff Glucker
COE and original MJs for the win.
I thought you might like that.
Yeah, I like the truck best.
Ditto. I want to know more about the tractor -trailer.
FWIW I'm pretty sure it says "DODGE" between the chrome stripes adjacent to the upper part of the grille opening, below the big "D" and above the headlight.
For verification: this batch of photos on Flickr
I reckon that big "D" is a fuel ration card.
No stars or markings..hazard a guess, they are going out from the factory on to a ship.
I hadn't considered the markings, but did notice the Jeep tires and wheels to be too glossy to have already been in service, and the fenderwells look clean enough to eat off of.
If you could see a high-res version, you could read the year on the license plates on the truck, to see if this is during or after the war. Who put the markings on the Jeeps? Was this done in the factories, or at a military depot?
This link gives instructions for markings, so I assume they were painted at depots or by units, since Willys or Ford wouldn't know their ultimate destination.
Oh sorry, this link:
http://www.lonesentry.com/panzer/jeep-markings.ht…
Y'all can have those Jeeps, But I'll be needing y'all to back away slowly from that truck, where I can see your hands. Me and that baby, we got needs.
So the Ojibwe Forest Rally is back on the Rally America national schedule, it's being held the weekend after this, and the super special stage is at Buffalo River Raceway Park which is 20.0 miles from where I sit.
I just might have to head out that way…
The carrier is the coolest! Here is my latest street find… [youtube i7aff6DMH8k&feature=em-upload_owner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7aff6DMH8k&feature=em-upload_owner youtube]
It looks like a "46 Dodge COE….I posted mine and sold it on Marketplace.
Yep, prewar Dodge COE, and the jeeps are way too new-looking to be surplus.