![]() ![]() Includes the original data plates with corresponding reproduction plates mounted on a display board and title with correct Ford VIN number. This GPA has a November 15, 1943, delivery date (marked on dash plate) and is outfitted with a spare tire, seat cushions/life preservers, a front mounted wrench with 100 feet of rope, a canvas cover, a canvas water bucket, full set of rare tools and an array of numerous spare parts such as rare boots, muffler, rare boxed original WWII spare part kit with boot, water pump, brake hoses, oil psi gauge, right side wiper blade, and more. In fact, the GPA is one of today's rarest WWII vehicles to find. Around 12,778 GPAs were built between 19 with only a few known, like this example, to have survived. In 1950, Australian engineer Ben Carlin and his wife successfully traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and the Sahara Desert to Europe in a surplus GPA. The Russians famously used Lend-Leased GPAs in the crossing of the Dnieper in March 1944. The bulk of GPA production was sent to the western theater, but some were used in the Pacific. It was regularly used for river crossings on advanced scouting missions. Often referred to as a “Seep” (combination of the words Sea and Jeep), the GPA used the same drivetrain and many other components as found on the GPW with the addition of a boat style body, bilge pump, propeller and rudder for operating in water. military vehicle built off the iconic Ford GPW Jeep chassis. The World War II Ford GPA (General Purpose Amphibian) is a seaworthy U.S. ![]()
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