ford gpa g504

Tony, As far as I know you are right, there were no safety chains on the pintle hook, just like the early MB and GPW jeep had none either. But you want them if you drive with a trailer behind the GPA and otherwise they may be very handy for tying the GPA down on a trailer for transport. I will put t...

Hello Cees,

I hope you have enough info with these 2 photos below. All measurements are in metric millimeters.

Cees,

I borrowed one from Jaap Rietveld to copy, I will take the measeruments for you later this week.

Robert,

I will take 2 plates. Thanks!

Tony, Ian,

The old Walker Site is still online, but not updated.

See link below, all thumbnails are still working, but when you click on the Forum, you will be directed to this new Forum, the old Forum is no longer on line.

http://www.walkerdorf.com/JeepWeb/cj2a/ ... /main.html

2 photos from a recovered GPA at Vistula River Poland. Photos provided by Tomasz Szczerbicki from Poland, and with his permission placed on this website, thanks very much :!: Thomasz told me that this GPA is now undergoing restoration and will be driving again :o http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...

Tony,

No retaining plate, the boot is bolted to the floor panel.
On the old "Meet the Seep" Site from Rodney Walker there is a technical drawing of this boot, check bottom link.

http://www.walkerdorf.com/JeepWeb/cj2a/ ... /BOOTS.JPG

Thanks for sharing those nice photos Dominique, you are way ahead of me, great job!

Look forward to meet you soon.

Hello Bob,

Good progress, my compliments on this superb job :!:
Good luck with the first trip in the water (don't forget your bottom hull plugs :D )

Tony, Like with the jeeps blue drab is from the factory. When vehicles were delivered to the troops, the numbers were painted white, sometimes near or sometimes on/over the blue numbers. If you want to build up your GPA "from factory" you should choose the blue numbers. If you want it to "look like ...

OK, here is another photo without date or place from my collection. I'm shure it is WWII origin, photo is probably taken in the 1942/1943 winter (look at the snow on the vehicles) perhaps on the River Rouge factory ground or perhaps somewhere else, who knows? http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d23/le...

Tony,

Look at the bottom center plate, this is the early type bilge plate.
The left plate is the late type version.

Tony, Peter,

Robert has a great website:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rdrnl/dataplates.htm

I don't know if the GPA voltmeter and fire caution plates are allready available, they are not mentioned on his site.

Bob, Thanks for letting me know. I was 1 year mistaken :oops: After checking my files Ford changed from GPW-3686 key type to GPW-3686-B handle from late december 1942. For the GPA it will assumably be from start januari 1943. My GPA #8787 had the lever type on it, Carls GPA is a little later in prod...

Carl,

You should have a lever type on your GPA. Keys were eleminated early 1942, as far as I know all GPA's have lever ignitions.