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Postby Bob N » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:38 pm

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Mike Wright has shared his Sept 1945 PM magazine picture of a jeep equipped with a tandem hitch.
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Postby Galea » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:28 am

I wonder how the spare wheel was attached to the side of the jeep.
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Postby jklier » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:51 am

The hitch on the second jeep looks taller than the other one. The first jeep appears to have the standard hitch that we normally see.

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Postby jeep guy » Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:09 pm

Or it could be a part of a wirecutter.

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Postby Galea » Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:36 pm

The front bumper of the second jeep looks different from the one with the tandem hitch as well.
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Postby Bob N » Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:49 pm

The picture isn't all that clear but by my estimation that is an "original" bumper with an anti-decapitation device.
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Postby Danno » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:53 pm

If you filter the photo useing adobi "photoshop" You will find that the second jeep does not have a hitch. It is a wire cutter
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Postby Mike Wright » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:23 pm

Danno is correct. In the original photo you can easier see it is a wire cutter on the 2nd jeep. Both jeeps are following an Easy 8 Sherman tank and photo was taken in an European village.
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Postby Bob N » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:29 pm

Ain't that just another way of saying anti-decapitation device? Neat picture, I de-magazined it and go ride of the dots that made up the original picture. Love these old pictures.
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