phantomfixer Posted December 15, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 15, 2018 https://jalopnik.com/germans-discover-military-jeep-hoods-used-to-repair-a-c-1831021112/amp Used to repair damaged building after the war...surplus jeep hoods...good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navybean Posted December 15, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 15, 2018 That is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted December 15, 2018 Share #3 Posted December 15, 2018 I want that ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted December 15, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 15, 2018 They are selling them on ebay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themick Posted December 15, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 15, 2018 What a fantastic discovery. Talk about some good history. Thanks for posting the article, phantomfixer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlok Posted December 15, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 15, 2018 I would LOVE to have one in the War Room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 15, 2018 Share #7 Posted December 15, 2018 600.00 for a hood. I wish they were over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 15, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 15, 2018 You guys beat me to this one. There are probably a lot of parts and pieces still hidden away in Europe. This is an exhibit at the National Museum of the USAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulruss Posted December 15, 2018 Share #9 Posted December 15, 2018 Tail section was down the road from my house in Metterich when I was stationed at Bitburg. Saw it a couple of times before Spang picked it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 15, 2018 Share #10 Posted December 15, 2018 They are selling them on ebay! There is one currently on eBay Germany. Looks like it is going to sell as there are currently 46 bids at EUR 685 or $777.30... and that is before shipping costs. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Normandy-D-Day-1944-The-Longest-Day-Orig-Motorhaube-Willys-MP-Jeep/183571508874?_trkparms=pageci%3A1351e8a0-fcc2-11e8-8c9f-74dbd180fbf4%7Cparentrq%3A9a0273ac1670a9cda05b692ffff13b81%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&fbclid=IwAR1ilgXhbzrB4-5jRiwcHP0KoiZSCDEeUXVMvCzldWwwnudsqZIuhguMExM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 15, 2018 Share #11 Posted December 15, 2018 Tail section was down the road from my house in Metterich when I was stationed at Bitburg. Saw it a couple of times before Spang picked it up When you say "down the road", do you mean while it was still part of a farmer's shed? That must have been an odd thing to see. Aside from some Nazi period architecture and some blown bunkers, about the only other real remnant of the war that I saw was a couple fields of dragon's teeth anti-tank obstacles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 15, 2018 Share #12 Posted December 15, 2018 I posted(jeep hoods) this over in the Normandy Landing topic the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 15, 2018 Share #13 Posted December 15, 2018 You don't happen to have a link to eBay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 15, 2018 Share #14 Posted December 15, 2018 You don't happen to have a link to eBay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Normandy-D-Day-1944-The-Longest-Day-Orig-Motorhaube-Willys-MP-Jeep/183571508874?_trkparms=pageci%3A1351e8a0-fcc2-11e8-8c9f-74dbd180fbf4%7Cparentrq%3A9a0273ac1670a9cda05b692ffff13b81%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&fbclid=IwAR1ilgXhbzrB4-5jRiwcHP0KoiZSCDEeUXVMvCzldWwwnudsqZIuhguMExM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 15, 2018 Share #15 Posted December 15, 2018 You don't happen to have a link to eBay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Normandy-D-Day-1944-The-Longest-Day-Orig-Motorhaube-Willys-MP-Jeep/183571508874?_trkparms=pageci%3A1351e8a0-fcc2-11e8-8c9f-74dbd180fbf4%7Cparentrq%3A9a0273ac1670a9cda05b692ffff13b81%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&fbclid=IwAR1ilgXhbzrB4-5jRiwcHP0KoiZSCDEeUXVMvCzldWwwnudsqZIuhguMExM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 15, 2018 Share #16 Posted December 15, 2018 All this attention....thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagmanL6 Posted December 15, 2018 Share #17 Posted December 15, 2018 What an interesting read. Thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulruss Posted December 16, 2018 Share #18 Posted December 16, 2018 When you say "down the road", do you mean while it was still part of a farmer's shed? That must have been an odd thing to see. Aside from some Nazi period architecture and some blown bunkers, about the only other real remnant of the war that I saw was a couple fields of dragon's teeth anti-tank obstacles. Still part of the shed. Spent a considerable amount of time metal detecting. Found what was left of B-17G AAF S/N42-31423-M outside of Mallberg. Crew bailed before the crash. Found the tail gunner, got a interview and sent him a piece of the aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 16, 2018 Share #19 Posted December 16, 2018 Still part of the shed. Spent a considerable amount of time metal detecting. Found what was left of B-17G AAF S/N42-31423-M outside of Mallberg. Crew bailed before the crash. Found the tail gunner, got a interview and sent him a piece of the aircraft. I wish I had done more of that. On the recommendation of a friend, I went to a wooded hilltop not even 10 mile from the sub-kaserne where I was living. In the ground you could see the depressions from some manner of gun position, along with two others for supporting infantry. Under the leaves were empty artillery round cases, all rusted to the point that they would disintegrate if you picked them up. Off to the side was the stripped frame of an unidentified motorcycle. In the silent woods, it just left you with the question, "What happened here?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 16, 2018 Share #20 Posted December 16, 2018 Final bid: approx. $2,276. How long before we see every third restored jeep with a mustard yellow background beneath its hood star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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