Jump to content

General Patton's Field Car up for auction!


gwb123
 Share

Recommended Posts

Photos are from the article.  I love the mounted 30. cal, most likely for show than any expectation of actually needing to use it.

 

(Worldwide Auctioneers)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is not Patton's. A friend of mine has pictures of Patton's car and it had armor plates welded on the bottom and in the quarter panels. The deck lid was also welded up with armor. This car has none of that. He also told me this same car was for sale a few years ago with no registration number and now has it.

Again, this is what a friend told me who even has photos for the archives of the armor being added per Patton's request.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

manayunkman

Whether the provenance is there or not it’s still great looking.

How can you determine without question that Patton used this vehicle?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...
Proud Kraut

An interesting site about Patton´s command cars and it´s duplicates.

 

http://www.pattonthirdarmy.com/pattoncommandcar.html

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Patton's late WWII Jeep is at the Quartermaster Museum at Ft. Lee VA.  It still has the Mercedes seat that he found more comfortable.   And yes .... they have complete provenance   The curator gave me a tour which included an up close look at the Jeep.

 

Great museum ... I recommend a visit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Photo of General Patton's WWii Jeep ... this came from the Army directly to the Army Quartermaster Museum ... no third party involved.

 

 

GeneralPattonsJeep_small.jpg.93b3ce3bbf942020e9923bd5c5e19029.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I believe this command car was auctioned awhile ago, and was lacking provenance. I'll edit this post if I find the link to the last time it was auctioned.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...