The vehicles of our members

There were chaplains in all units. As shown by the many pictures of the time, the office was often celebrated on the flat hood of a Jeep. Not only did Fabrice  restore one of these Jeep, but he also organized a Mass with it on the occasion of the 70th celebration of the Normandy Landings. Note…

From the beginning of World War I, American volunteers came and joined the Allied troops. US private funds were raised and US Health Sections were created, with an hundred ambulances. Bare Ford T chassis arrived in France and where they were equipped with a specific body. From 1917 and the US entering the war, part…

Follow Thierry with his inimitable style to discover the car … GAS MAV 46 (малый автомобиль водоплавающий), or the history of the real fake copy of the Ford GPA … “On a beautiful 1989 winter day I became of course unwittingly the owner of an amphibious military vehicle of the Soviet army ! While I…

Faithful replica of a Jeep used by the “Tour de France” bicycle race organizers during the late 1940s and the early 1950s. The organizers of the 1947 “Tour de France” had to find escort vehicles for the teams.  The Jeep was chosen by the technical managers of the race for its many qualities: convertible, economical…

On the crowded airfields, sometimes in bad weather, these Jeep helped the planes find their take off point or else their parking spot. Some planes offered such a poor ground view to the pilot that they needed to crab on the tarmac to better see where they were going.  For bigger planes that could not…

This late 1942 Dodge WC51, a first model, has been painted to the colors and markings of the “Collecting Company” of the “105 medical batalion, 30DI”.

This light truck was designed and produced by Renault following a tender of the army which intent was to replace the Dodge WC51 and WC52 used by the French army since the end of war. The 4×4 R2087 entered production in 1957 and has been in service until 1970 when it was in turn replaced…

During the 1950s, Ben Carlin has been the first adventurer (and still the only one) to go round the globe with an amphibian vehicle.  His choice : a 1942 Jeep GPA (General Purpose Amphibious) that he named “Half Safe”, a daredevil program or a statement of belief, your choice ! A UNIVEM member replicated it,…

Here we have a 1943 stretched Jeep Ford GPW (about 40 inches longer than a regular Jeep). Unusual vehicle which was a field modification, allowing a roomier cargo capacity (up to 10 persons). Used for example to transport prisoners, or like this restored one, as a Signal Corps vehicle. The WW2 era picture shows a…

Under pressure from the Germans, Stalin asked Churchill to open a second front in the west. The Allies chose Dieppe for the proximity with England. But a lack of preparation and contingencies have made this raid a bloody failure. No bombing of enemy positions to avoid damage to the harbor, unexpected encounter with a convoy…

With a lot of imagination and a good sense of humor Jean-Fred has faithfully reproduced Tintin’s Jeep, a 1946 CJ2A, as it appears in “Land of black gold” as well as in “Destination Moon”.  He could also find two stooges to play the Thomson and Thompson with their green hairs and breathing green bubbles !……