WWII FORD GPW in LOUISVILLE (Ky)
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WWII FORD GPW in LOUISVILLE (Ky)
Louisville during WWII .
Dedicated to Tom and René. Thanks for your estimation of my Hood number.
I've found these pics in an e-book on Louisville history.
Yves
Ford GPW's loaded on trucks in main street.(left side) Military jeeps and vehicles are loaded to transport by trucks to the railroad loading station at Louisville Bedding at 418 East Main Street in 1942-1943
Dedicated to Tom and René. Thanks for your estimation of my Hood number.
I've found these pics in an e-book on Louisville history.
Yves
Ford GPW's loaded on trucks in main street.(left side) Military jeeps and vehicles are loaded to transport by trucks to the railroad loading station at Louisville Bedding at 418 East Main Street in 1942-1943
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Ford GPW 1943 - Louisville - DoD 12-7-43
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Central Trucking Systems, located at 1401 South Western Parkway, is shown here trucking military jeeps and vehicles to railroad cars for shipping out of Louisville to assigned locations for the war on August 13, 1945.
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Photograph of the Louisville Ford Motor Company at 1400 South Western Parkway in the year 1943 reveals the interior of the showroom picturing army trucks and commercial cars.
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The Ford Motor Company showroom reveals army trucks and jeep and commercial truck in 1942 or 1943.
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The Ford Motor Company noted this was the last military jeep produced at its Louisville plant as the 93,389th jeep.
Louisville produced about one out every five jeeps during the war, in 1945.
Louisville produced about one out every five jeeps during the war, in 1945.
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I wonder if the civilian truck behind it had any "F" marked bolts?
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If yes, this could be a good F marked bolts source for us .
But you need to be in the USA and explore salvage yards for that type of truck !
But that's a good remark.
Did Ford continue to stamp bolts after WWII ?
But you need to be in the USA and explore salvage yards for that type of truck !
But that's a good remark.
Did Ford continue to stamp bolts after WWII ?
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Great photos! Very revealing and very historical! Notice that none of the jeeps have stars or hood numbers. They also do not have pioneer tools or spare fuel cans. I love the raw as issued look! Thanks for posting!
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Hi Yves,
Thanks for the photos. I had not seen the first two before.
In the first photo the left side is now a Minor League Baseball field and on the right side it is now a parking lot.
Thanks for the photos. I had not seen the first two before.
In the first photo the left side is now a Minor League Baseball field and on the right side it is now a parking lot.
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Photo #2 of the Louisville showroom is found on page 54 of Nabholtz....
The third photo, also is seen in Nabholtz on page 58
The third photo, also is seen in Nabholtz on page 58
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Uh, oh! Does the MVPA need new standards for a true "factory class" restoration?Wessels wrote:Notice that none of the jeeps have stars or hood numbers. They also do not have pioneer tools or spare fuel cans. I love the raw as issued look!
Is it true real Jeeps have flat fenders?
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How do you know that there are no blue drab hood numbers ?
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The "last jeep" appears to have the blue drab hood numbers, but the showroom jeeps don't. Since they're in a showroom, maybe they weren't (yet?) accepted by the army.
Is it true real Jeeps have flat fenders?
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Hi Yves,
There does not seem to have ever been any railrord tracks in that area of Louisville. This location is only a couple of blocks from the dock area where barges would have been loaded in the 40's and may have been a major Ford product holding area during the War. The Ford assembly plant had a rail line running into the buiding for all weather rail shipments.
Is this on the back of the first photo ?Military jeeps and vehicles are loaded to transport by trucks to the railroad loading station at Louisville Bedding at 418 East Main Street in 1942-1943
There does not seem to have ever been any railrord tracks in that area of Louisville. This location is only a couple of blocks from the dock area where barges would have been loaded in the 40's and may have been a major Ford product holding area during the War. The Ford assembly plant had a rail line running into the buiding for all weather rail shipments.
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Great photos,
I played around with them in photo shop & could see or make any signs of hood numbers, the one with the lady & last Jeep sign has them though.
I played around with them in photo shop & could see or make any signs of hood numbers, the one with the lady & last Jeep sign has them though.
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