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Re: Willys Deep Water Fording Apparatus Patent Drawings

Post by Joe Gopan » Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:47 am

For those new to this topic, this is not the system that was installed on Jeeps prior to the D-Day invasion, it is a more elaborate sealed and pressurized system.
One will note that there is another topic on G-503 concerning the Fording Valve Data Plate design and that coincidentally, the information contained on the M-38A1 Fording Data Plate WO 800537 is indeed the Patent Number for this deep water fording system.
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Re: Willys Deep Water Fording Apparatus Patent Drawings

Post by Joe Gopan » Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:17 am

And just when was this system put into production and on which Jeep Model.
We are not talking them being standard on MB/GPW. This did morph onto some post war Jeeps and then onto M-38//M-38A1.
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Re: Willys Deep Water Fording Apparatus Patent Drawings

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Re: Willys Deep Water Fording Apparatus Patent Drawings

Post by Joe Gopan » Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:53 am

Nice find, glad you found it to share. This was good reading then and is still good reading now.
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