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Ford’s GPA might have done well in the Detroit River, but when it went into service during World War II, it proved less than capable in the field. Cumbersome and unwieldy on both land and water, the so-called Seep’s production run ended early, after just 12,778 of them emerged from River Rouge. Those that didn’t […]
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Last summer, Greg Steinmayer sent us a varied lot of photos that he bought at a Dearborn-area garage sale. Among the photos in that lot – aside from the Maico 500 Sport and the people/monsters of Ford’s factories, were these two shots of the Ford GPA, the so-called Seep, taken right outside Ford’s River Rouge […]
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Tagged amphibious vehicles, ford, Ford GPA, March Military Campaign, military vehicles, River Rouge, trucks and Jeeps
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* I must be getting old if I don’t know who Neko Case is, but that’s her, and that’s the 1967 Mercury Cougar from the cover photo of her latest album, Middle Cyclone. Now, she’s put the Cougar up for auction, with the proceeds benefiting 826 National, a non-profit group that encourages creative writing by […]
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Tagged 826 National, amphibious vehicles, Amphicar, auctions, Australian cars, dodge, Dodge Charger, Dodge Deora 2, driving impressions, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Muscle Machines, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, hot rods and customs, Mercury, Mercury Cougar, Mohs Ostentatienne, NASCAR, Neko Case, one-offs and homebuilts, racing, restorations, videos