Vehicle is suppose to be a 'CRAWFORD", supposedly made as a response to the
original US Army request that Bantam, et. al. responded to in 1940. I have
serious doubts, but trying to keep an open mind and realising that despite
what my wife says, I DO NOT know it all. Vehicle is a jeep want-a-be.
Looks like a jeep, flat fenders, square angles, ugly,...etc. Has a four
cylinder overhead valve engine of undetermined origins, what looks like
(through a hole in the floorboard) a T-90 jeep transmission, with a sort of
transfer case that gives two speed rear end; however only two wheel drive.
Has two front seats that look like out of a VW or Camero, back seat frame
built out of square tubeing, with a fiberglass ?? gas tank under the rear
seat. Also has a Carter W-O Carburetor.
Owner says he bought it a few years ago from a guy in California who had been
transfered into the local area to work at a nearby mine construction sire.
Supposedly only 144 built. Overall the vehicle looks like it's homemade,
but with quite a bit of skill, rolled edges on back panels, etc. But still
looks homemade, chrome headlight rings, chrome guage package and speedometer
(with 77K miles), bucket seats, checker plate aluminum dash panel. But I
have seen Ford GP, Serial Number 1, and while it looks handmade, it doesn't
look like it was built in some guys barn.
What do you think?? I really doubt the WWII bit, but it is possibly of the
M422 "Mighty Mite" vintage. It bears a strong resemblence to the Mighty
Mite. Is, or was, there such a thing as a Crawford? Is it really a legit
MV, or somebody's winter project? The thing is reasonably priced, for a real
jeep, but too expensive for a toy.
Thanks,
Tom Campbell - Birmingham, Alabama USA
5 - GPW's
1 - MB
2 - WC 12
1 - WC 54
1 - USMC M38
1 - M37
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