Amtracs in action in "Sands of Iwo Jima" John Wayne on
video tape.
Joe F.
--- jim gilmore <jgilmore@oeonline.com> wrote:
> Shawn wrote:
> >I know of a man with a circa-WWII "Buffalo" here in
> >Southeast Michigan. It's parked in front of his
> gun
> >shop near a rotted-out DUKW...........
>
> That DUKW is reportedly the last one made! The
> fellow who owns it is
> a friend of mine and the last time I was by the shop
> I jotted down the SN#.
> Interesting to note that this DUKW has CARDBOARD
> data plates!! Except for
> the main SN# plate, all the rest are cardboard with
> a plastic type coating.
> They came this way from the factory. This is not the
> only one I have seen
> with these plates. Another fellow here in Michigan
> has the same type plates
> on his DUKW. When he made reproduction cardboard
> plates for his duck
> everyone told him they were wrong and that they
> never used cardboard!
>
> Couple more privately owned LVT-4's come to mind;
> Dave McGillvery (probably spelled wrong) has one
> in North Carolina and
> Sam Werner in Tenn. has a rough one.
>
>
> Jim Gilmore MVPA # 5843
>
> Member Ist Michigan AOD Chapter MVPA
> Great Lakes Chapter MVPA
> Ohio Motor Pool Chapter MVPA
> Red Ball Chapter MVPA
> Ontario Military Vehicle Association
> Midwest Military Vehicle Assocation
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