around-the-world

Four-Links – another round-the-world GPA, Triple Trouble, Bay Area dirt-track racing, blasting cabinet

BlogBy webmin March 26, 2011

* Wes Kibble recently pointed out that Ben Carlin wasn’t the only guy who tried to take a Ford GPA around the world. Inspired by Carlin, Lionel Forge made his own plans for a GPA round-the-world trip, using a salvaged craft (GPA #4545) fitted with the top half of a 1949 Dodge station wagon. Forge […]

Ambitious Amphibious: Ben Carlin’s round-the-world trek in a Ford GPA

BlogBy webmin March 2, 2011

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 […]