Hello
Can some one inform me if there is still a history to find for frame number gpw17327 please also have a look at the number I have doubts if the 3 is really a 3 and should not be a 5..any thoughts ?
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History of chassis gpw17237
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Re: History of chassis gpw17237
Looks like 17527 to me.
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Re: History of chassis gpw17237
No opinion on the 3 vs 5 issue but a GPW Frame Number does not use a number "ONE", it uses a capital "I" which is a serif font meaning it has a top and bottom which the first digit in your number does not have...I think it is a number NINE.
Here is a frame stamping from a 3/43 GPW which, at that point in time was in the low 100,000 range and the first digit has "feet" on it and it is a ONE:
Your first digit has no "feet" on the bottom of it and looks to me to be a NINE.
Oh yeah...here is another you can plainly see what a ONE looks like:
Here is a frame stamping from a 3/43 GPW which, at that point in time was in the low 100,000 range and the first digit has "feet" on it and it is a ONE:
Your first digit has no "feet" on the bottom of it and looks to me to be a NINE.
Oh yeah...here is another you can plainly see what a ONE looks like:
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Re: History of chassis gpw17237
It looks like GPW-97527. The first digit is a "9". This GPW would have been a Feb 1943. This makes your GPW frame a mid series production and not a VEP GPW. My first GPW is a mid series production so I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for these. It's good to learn of another one out there!
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Re: History of chassis gpw17237
Hi Chuck,
Good eye on the number 9 digit !!!!
Good eye on the number 9 digit !!!!
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