Sales of military vehicles are still very healthy as enthusiasts flock to buy
We have had well over 300 Jeeps advertised on Milweb since early 2016: Jeeps of all ages, models and conditions. But imagine the excitement amongst the Jeep world when a genuine Ford GP Four-Wheel-Steer example came up for sale. Fully restored by its Belgian owner, it had been bought as a complete project with 13 standard Ford GPs about 20 years back. He did a ground up restoration and explained that the matching engine had unfortunately been scrapped by the previous owner due to severe frost damage.
Only six of the original 50 GP Four-Wheel-Steer models exist, so the price was rather higher than the average Jeep. All the serious Jeep players came out for it and the sale was concluded within five days of it coming onto the market. The UK-based buyer also went home with a Ford GPA amphibian that he admired in the same collection. A friend of mine, a Jeep collector for more than 40 years and who saw the GP advert, rued the day when he and some chums found some Jeeps in Normandy about 30 years ago on a farm and the one that none of them wanted to buy was a rather dilapidated four-wheel-steer GP. If only they had known…
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