VEP Ford GPW owners, sn, DoD and reg no. Please add yours.

Feb, 1942 - GPW1 thru end of first contract, April, 1942 - GPW15000 NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
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Post by Chuck Lutz » Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:41 am

Ford factories used the Month/Day/Year stamping for the date of delivery...except for the Richmond, CA plant which used just the Month/Year stamping. You have a California GPW Lilly... but God only knows where it has been in the last 75 years!

While it is in Sussex, UK now..... where did you find it?
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Post by Lilly » Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:48 am

Hi,

Thanks for the reply,
I have only just picked it up yesterday from a chap in Gravesend Kent

I have a few pictures but they're too large to post and i'm not sure how to minimize them

Thanks
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Post by Fabrizio » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:40 am

Ps: this is a VEP ( Very early production) GPW list; that's a modern denomination invented to name the Gpws from serial 1 to serial 12/15000, delivered from February to the very beginning of April, 1942 ;).

Looking forward to see pictures of your early GPW, but you might get a better audience starting a dedicated post on the GPW section!
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Post by Allen Sinor » Sun Dec 24, 2017 9:19 pm

Hi: I have GPW serial # 275672 DOD 7-9-45. How can I find where it was assembled. I live in the SF Bay Area and I have the notion that it came from Richmond CA Plant. I'd sure like to know. Thanks Al

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Post by Fabrizio » Mon Dec 25, 2017 3:41 am

Hi!
Please read the post just above ;)
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Post by Chuck Lutz » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:32 am

Allen....of all the Ford plants making jeeps, Richmond was unique in that they did not put the DAY in the DOD....so if yours is showing July NINTH, then it isn't a Richmond GPW.

Like this one from Richmond:
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Post by Spencer54 » Wed Dec 27, 2017 6:28 am

I Have GPW 20151 Ford Dearborn DOD 4-20-1942
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Post by 70th Division » Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:34 pm

Hello,

Maybe just outside of what is considered VEP but ....
I have unrestored , but restorable, Ford Script:
Serial Number : 15728
Date of Delivery : 4-14-42
Marked : 4x4 on brass data plate on glove box, has all 3 plates
GVW: 2288
Manuals: 1348, 1349
Frame : GPW 15728

Engine is long gone,
likely laying about somewhere on a ranch in West Texas .

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Post by kmccarthy16 » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:36 pm

I just purchased the following

1942 Ford GPW
DOD 3-19-42
SN 8053
1942 Ford GPW
DOD 3-19-42
SN 8053

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Post by JAB » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:52 pm

Welcome! You've come to the right place! I can't answer your question about Nabolts' book, there's a lot of info here and a lot of guys willing to share knowledge.
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Post by michaelgeraci » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:21 am

GPW 82253 est. DOD 11-27-42 Mike Hgt. Beach Ca.

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Post by Fabrizio » Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:12 am

Hi; not to be rude but this is a VEP list, not a GPW list ;)
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Post by abiliomorais » Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:14 pm

Please Help Me

I'am Brazilian, My Ford GPW Frame Number is 206134. Please what Date of Delivery. I dont original block number.

Please Help Me.

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Post by JAB » Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:38 pm

abiliomorais wrote:
Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:14 pm
Please Help Me

I'am Brazilian, My Ford GPW Frame Number is 206134. Please what Date of Delivery. I dont original block number.

Please Help Me.

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It can be a bit clunky to work with, but try looking at this list: http://g503.com/oldsite/serial-numbers/
GPW-206033 and GPW-206195 are listed as June of 1944
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Post by Trojan » Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:28 am

Please excuse my ignorance but I'm relatively new to G503. Will some one give me the meaning of "VEP" as related to GPW's.
I must add that I have become quite intolerant of all the acronyms and abbreviations that are thrown out with no definition
of what they stand for.


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