Re: [MV] TV show 'Rat Patrol' from the '60s

Jim/Julia (w7ls@blarg.net)
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:00:52 -0800

Ha! At least they didn't use F-4 Phantom jets in the show. :-) Jim

MVBOATNUT@aol.com wrote:

> Hi. Anyone remember that show from the '60s? About as much as I remember, it
> was a bunch of guys who drove jeeps with mounted machine guns and did a good
> job of squirrly driving, off jumps and everything.
>
> I was also a fan of the series when it originally aired in the 60's. It
> wasn't until later while watching reruns on cable on WGN that I realized, for
> the most part, they were driving modified CJ2A's. Every once and awhile you
> would see a real MB, but seeing that external gas tank filler on the drivers
> side kind of ruined it for me. That and the German's roaring up in their
> White half-tracks and M37's! Almost as bad as watching Henry Fonda get out of
> an M38 in 'The Battle of the Bulge'.
>
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