Bill, This was a ****** L-Head. The Ford engines were used only in GPWs. And actually this engine was for and M38 which was a post WWI Jeep used in the Korean War vs the WWII ****** MAs, MBs and Ford GPWs. It was still in the original crate and covered in cosmoline. See http://www.mclallens.com/L-head/L-head_new.html

 

Jeep designed by American Bantam (Butler PA), but they didn't have the facilities to build them.

So the US Gov't gave the contract to ******-Overland, but after Pearl Harbor, Ford too began building them, because now the ****** assembly plant didn't have enough production capability.

Henry stamped an F on every part of a Ford Jeep, saying 'I'm not going to warranty any ****** parts!'

 

Pete, how could something like a jeep be restorable after spending 50 years in the ocean? There wouldn't be anything left but a hunk of rust, I'd think.

 

Oh Ray, the story gets embellished every time it's told. Yes, there was a slight miscalculation in the route, not by the driver mid you, but it was not that far off, and yes there was some guidance assistance provided but I wouldn't exactly call it a "rescue team", more as guidance through some unfamiliar land.

BTW, hopefully there will be a few adventures in store for the old F-2.

 

I'm not sure when it was "rescued". But you never interrupted Mark in the middle of a good story. You might miss something good. After their trip from the tip of South America to the tip of Alaska there were many, many good stories. This story ran on TV for years . . . and of course it is true. Watch it when you have some time. You guys should enjoy it. You can see them weld a broken axle in the middle of the jungle with two car batteries and a coat hanger:

 

You are correct Bill about the Bantam design. But between the MA and the MB after ****** got the main contract, design changes were made to allow for faster manufacturing. The grill is the most notable. The original design in the Bantam, Ford and ****** was an egg carton-type welded multi-piece structure. Williys changed it to a single stamping which became the iconic 7-bar grill.

Yes, the Bantam plant was to small, I grew up near there. ****** got the contract because of their more powerful "Go Devil"engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep.

Ford stamped F on every part that Ford made but that stopped in 1942. Much of the GPW was made of the same parts that the MB used so there was complete interchangeability in the field.

 

nuts.... I have finally saved up enough for it....and its not real.....




First time I heard the 60 's chev, being a corvette in a barn and it was sold by an old couple would have been in 1973. Being as the buyer was in Canada and the car was bought in Washington state. There was of course duty problems.


As was the angry wife selling the caddy for 100 bucks.
The corvette with the dead body smell I also heard back in high school, in the mid 70's.