Degsy Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Got to admit I like command cars but not at the prices that are being asked for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzy-t Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Many years ago (well 40 years) I was asked by some friends if I could collect a Dodge Command Car (or could have been a weapons carrier, I cant remember) from a garage opposite RAF Cosford, and take it to The Cleeve Hill Golf Course, where my friends were going to renovate it. Well my mate & I drove up there one Saturday on arriving found that the tyres were flat, so had to pump them up using a lead from one of the plugs on my engine, we then loaded the Dodge (dont ask how as I cant remember) onto the trailer, which turned out to be slightly too narrow for the vehicle, we eventually got it on & started on our way, we got as just past the elevated section on the M5 around Birmingham & were half way up the hill when there was a "BANG" from one of the tyres on the trailer, we un hitched the trailer & left it there, whilst we returned to Cheltenham, managed to find a tyre, & got a garage to fit it on the rim, then returned to Birmingham, hitched back up to the trailer & carried on back before dumping the heap at the Gold Course, I knew that the trailer would not be towed away as the tow ball hitch was a 1 1/2 inch & unless you had that size ball, you did not have a chance to take it. The towing vehicle was a 1950 SWB 1.6 ltr petrol engined Land-Rover, what happened to teh Dodge I have no idea, probably scrapped off. I never found out. (Photos to follow, when I have worekd out how to make them fit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzy-t Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Pumping the Dodges tyres prior to loading on trailer. Already to leave Cosford for the last time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 reporting as I'm restoring a Dodge WC 63 , bought it about 15 years ago , cargo floor was in a poor state , so decided to get it done completely , so restoration is still going on:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keito Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 My mate Steves WC 52 at Brooklands Museum last year Keith http://www.keithnisbet.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 This belong to anyone on here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I've woken up to this. I have a WC4, WC16, WC21, WC53 and a W62.... WC53 is still in the States awaiting shipping (actually it'sbeen waiting for the WC16 top bows and new floor sections to be put in the back to save on shipping which has so far taken 18 months for fabrication)... Only the WC 62 is on the road, the WC16 is up to restored rolling chassis, the WC4 and WC21 are awating their turn in the workshop. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Done many happy miles round Normandy in the Dodge, not Leeds though. :-D The next mission is to keep a promise to Carol and take Katy the WC54 back to Normandy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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