RE: [ihc] RE:H-542 on ebay

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm probably using the wrong terminology.  I call the no nose Ford
trucks "Burma Jeep".  Ain't slang great?  Maybe we aren't too far apart
on what we are talking about though. I suppose they were in Burma
together, just the Ford was lighter, hence "jeep" vs "truck"

Ed
  



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Jim Grammer
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:24 AM
To: Ed Sohm; ihc@domain.elided
Subject: RE: [ihc] RE:H-542 on ebay


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Sohm [mailto:idaemes@domain.elided]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:09 AM
>To: 'Jim Grammer'; ihc@domain.elided
>Subject: RE: [ihc] RE:H-542 on ebay

>I'd be interested to know what the military number is for it.  Not that
>I can do anything with it other than see if manuals are available for
>it.  Looks like a "Burma Jeep" in a way.  What did the military use
them
>for, bomb trucks?
>Too many questions? <g>

OK, I'll try to check at lunch. Maybe I shouldn't have sold copy # 3 of
the
Grey Bible, that way I could keep one at my desk ;)

It *is* the Burma road truck, silly :) Just picture it with a big steel
cargo box on the back. Those must have been interesting convoys, eh? 500
miles as the crow flies, 1000 road miles. My grandfather in-law flew
C-47's
over 'The Hump' in WWII. Wish he was still around to tell the stories...

Jim