Great War truck Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Just spotted this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230292841063&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123 You may ask yourself if it is WW1 then why is it black and yellow. Also the body looks a little unusual as well. At over £30,000 it is terribly overpriced. Someone might buy it (but i doubt it), we will see. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Model T's are nicer.... and cheaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Nice looking truck, BUT, never an ambulance. I stand to be corrected, but I think that all ambulances in WW1 had pneumatic tyres.(All of the ones I've seen photos of, anyway.) This looks like at least a 2 ton truck. It might be WW1, but thats where it stops. My 1916 Albion is often miss-identified by those who don't know, as an ambulance, and it's a 3 tonner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Yes Rick, i agree with you there. All the White ambulances were on pneumatics, but there were a number of GS trucks that were all fitted with solids. I would like to know why they think it was an ambulance and also why they thought it served in France. My understanding is that none of the trucks taken overseas to France were brought back. Just wishful thinking on their part. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Yes Rick, i agree with you there. All the White ambulances were on pneumatics, but there were a number of GS trucks that were all fitted with solids. I would like to know why they think it was an ambulance and also why they thought it served in France. My understanding is that none of the trucks taken overseas to France were brought back. Just wishful thinking on their part. Tim (too) A long shot...could have been sent back via (the penny post system) by a US trooper (officer), cheaper than buying new back home ? they could only prove this if the label was still on it :??? :??? Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Ashley, Funny that you should say that. I have the actual Saracen APC that I drove from 1969 to 1972 when I was with the 4/19 Prince of Wales's Light Horse, sitting in my yard. I tell every-one that I sent it home in the mail. Somehow many believe it to be so. I got the idea from an episode of MASH 4077, where some-one sent home a Jeep through the mail. This is a long term restoration. (Anyone got a left-hand rear door for a Saracen Mk 2. out there.) Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It was Corporal “Radar” Walter O’Reilly who sent a Jeep back home from Korea using the U.S: Mail. Andrea Sometimes M.A.S.H. anorak.... (maybe because I'm in the Medical Corp?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 During WW2 this was the method used to get one of H Gorings staff car to the states, and also Adolfs yacht. Ashley A long shot...could have been sent back via (the penny post system) by a US trooper (officer), cheaper than buying new back home ? they could only prove this if the label was still on it :??? :??? Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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