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Unfortunately Dick passed away in 2005. I was fortunate to purchase this Jeep from Dick' Son in August 2013. It was stored in FL for about 10 years where it saw little use.
Dick restored this Jeep to resemble the one he remembered from his time during WWII aboard the USS Hancock Aircraft Carrier. As Dick told me before his passing, while aboard the USS Hancock docked at port, he claims the men of the ship "Liberated" a US Marine's Jeep from the pier and hoisted it aboard the ship. They stowed it in the hanger bay quickly set about to make a custom Jeep for the Captain of the ship. The Ship mechanics repainted the Jeep Corsair Medium Blue as that was the paint they had aboard to paint the Corsair's planes that the ship had. Then the ships Mate responsible for canvas tarps made special white canvas seat covers and top for the Jeep. Unfortunately Dick couldn't find any of the original pictures of the Jeep so he restored based on his memories of Jeep from 1945.
I bought this Jeep to recover my original 45 GPW engine which I sold Dick back in 1982 and was installed in this 42 GPW. I still have my 45 GPW, and was happy to be able to return my original GPW #257161 engine back to its original frame!
For more info on my 31 year pursuit of my original 45 GPW engine and Dick's restoration of this 42 GPW please go to the following link.
http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=227273
Regards,
Gary Schultz
Andover NJ
