New Large Scale Ford GPW Jeep Project

[ColemanCollector]

One final push this long weekend (plus my other son home for more even more help), saw the frame completely stripped of the remaining drivetrain, brake lines, and suspension. Now begins the long process of dismantling, cleaning and evaluating all the bits and pieces.

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And something that never gets old--finding more parts stamped with the Ford "F" script. We figured it was just Ford going a bit marketing ID crazy, but apparently they did it to identify the manufacturer source of any parts should they fail in service.

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Mike.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Interesting: some twenty-five years ago, I helped a friend restore his father's 1948 Ford 8N tractor. I do not recall finding the script stamped in large parts.

[ColemanCollector]

Strictly a wartime thing by Ford to identify their parts. Willys and Ford parts were interchangeable, and apparently Ford was not going to take the blame for a Willys' (or other manufacturers) part failure.

Back when I knew next to nothing about GPWs/Jeeps--I'm at rube status now--I thought the f scripts were Henry Ford's shot at the US govt for telling both Willys and Ford to get their names off of the vehicle bodies in late-'42. It's a World War boys, not a Sales War!

Mike.