Ford GPA Amphibious Military Vehicles at the Ford Rouge Plant, March 1943
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Like other American automakers, Ford Motor Company built vehicles and materiel for the Allied effort during World War II. Amphibious jeeps were assembled at the company's Rouge factory. Though it shared parts with the land-only GPW jeep, the amphibious GPA version had a longer wheelbase and weighed about 800 pounds more. Ford built 12,781 amphibious jeeps from 1942 to 1943.
Like other American automakers, Ford Motor Company built vehicles and materiel for the Allied effort during World War II. Amphibious jeeps were assembled at the company's Rouge factory. Though it shared parts with the land-only GPW jeep, the amphibious GPA version had a longer wheelbase and weighed about 800 pounds more. Ford built 12,781 amphibious jeeps from 1942 to 1943.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
12 March 1943
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Photographed by Ford Motor Company Photographic Department, Dearborn, Michigan.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.77587.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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