gwb123 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/05/04/wwii-command-car-up-for-auction-previous-owner-gen-patton/ Any guesses what this will go for? Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
gwb123 Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 Photos are from the article. I love the mounted 30. cal, most likely for show than any expectation of actually needing to use it. Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
gwb123 Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 Front view... https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/george-patton-command-car-auction#&gid=ci026442d2e00127c4&pid=2 Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
T Ambrosini Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Wow..... Nice! Looking for items related to the Ninth Coast Artillery District and 6th Coast Artillery Regment Link to post Share on other sites
Paul70 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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. Home Alive in 45 WWII Research Website coming soon 2 million Army and AAF names and counting! Link to post Share on other sites
manayunkman Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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 post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 An interesting site about Patton´s command cars and it´s duplicates. http://www.pattonthirdarmy.com/pattoncommandcar.html Link to post Share on other sites
sky eagle Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Yes, the 30 Cal is nice! Link to post Share on other sites
ajbUSWM Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 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 post Share on other sites
ajbUSWM Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Photo of General Patton's WWii Jeep ... this came from the Army directly to the Army Quartermaster Museum ... no third party involved. Link to post Share on other sites
GSP Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 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 post Share on other sites
GSP Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I believe this is the same command car, featured in an article of Hemmings. It states that it did not meet it's reserve in the previous auction, where it was bid up to $60,000.https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2017/05/08/could-this-dodge-wc57-command-car-have-been-pattons-own Link to post Share on other sites
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