It's the amphibious form of the Jeep, the Ford GPA - otherwise known as the 'Seep'. Ford GPA amphibious jeep story Seem to recall from W&T that an Aussie couple sailed the world in one called 'Half-safe'. Ah, here you go: Amphibious Jeep Half Safe (Edit: - cross-posted with Owen & yogi above, sorry)
'This Amphibian is to be used on land operations only' It looks like soldiers weren't trusted then either
what do you mean drew? not allowed to take them in the water? whilst im here guys i have another question for you i have a photo of my grandfather here which il post he seems to be wearing a ww1 looking uniform or is it just me? looks really diffeent to previous pics of him in uniform? see what i mean?
Service Dress (British Army) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Battledress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia One is called Service Dress & just before WW2 Battledress came out, have a read of the links.
I suspect it's a sutle warning that the vehicle is not sea worthy or ocean going just incase anyone thought it would be a laugh to take it on a beach somewhere. Cheers Andy
'This Amphibian is to be used on land operations only' It looks like soldiers weren't trusted then either That may well just mean - 'Don't take it in the Sea', considering the different lubrication, sealing & care required for salt-water, and the GPA's poor seaworthiness. The Carlin's may have proved it was possible to go into the deep ocean in a heavily modified Seep but having just reread the W&T article, it was far from easy. It may also just mean; 'This vehicle hasn't been waterproofed for ages'. (sorry, cross-posted again, keep wandering off)
Ford GPA Drivers manual: GPA Operators Manual from this site, with some nice restoration pictures: Ford GPA Amphibian Slightly beefier Soviet version: Oldtimer gallery. Cars. GAZ-46 MAV Usually one or two to be seen at Beltring. Restored GPAs 'In action': YouTube - Schwimmwagen and a Ford GPA in a lake - I YouTube - MJCQ amphibious jeep and vehicle Swim-In Part 2 GaZ 46 doing it's thing: YouTube - GAZ 46 Amphibious on large lake Nice shot of a GPA next to a DUKW here (near the bottom of the page), just to give a sense of scale: Swimming GPA Page - Amphibious Fun with 1942-1943 Amphibian Ford Jeeps -
