Militaria, Gun & Hunting Show
January 28, 2012
March 31, 2012
November 17, 2012
2012 Southern Ontario Military Muster
August 25-26, 2012
Mickey Moulder at mmoulder2@cogeco.ca
Mike Timoshyk at mtimo2@hotmail.com
519 974 9596 |
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Ford Truck, Amphibian, GPA, 1/4 ton, 4x4
| The GPA amphibious jeep
was developed by Ford Motor Company from components of
the Ford GPW 1/4 ton 4x4 jeep.
This particular vehicle is owned by
Wally Wheeler in Michigan and here is his story.
My desire for a GPA started when I was seven years old.
My dad and I were in a model-A Ford and pulled onto
M-24, when a semi with two GPAs on it went by. I said,
"Look Dad, what's that?" He told me what they
were and what they could do. I said, "Lets get one,
we can use it for fishing." "We can't have
one," he replied, "they only make them for the
army." I said, "Someday I'll have one." |
Well, it took forty years. I found mine just twelve miles from
home, hidden in a barn. It was in junk condition, partly
disassembled, it cost me dearly, but was the answer to an old
dream.
It took all of two years to restore it as you see it today. It
turns out there are only 31 registered in the world. Now I'm
getting too old to work on it so its time to pass IT on to a
younger man.
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