My Willys 3A and 3B Community

Your Projects => Non-Jeep Projects => Topic started by: dluyk on February 21, 2012, 07:32:31 PM

Title: Not a Willys - but I'm sure a willys drove over it
Post by: dluyk on February 21, 2012, 07:32:31 PM

For the past 9 weeks I have been busy sanding, priming and painting
8 barges from the 1940's that were used as floating bridges in a few wars.

Thought you might like to see photo's - These barges are still in use - with a few modifications-
such as engines, horns and bilge pumps. It takes about 100 man hours to do each barge.

These are repainted each year.

http://imageshack.us/g/717/img0473rj.jpg/

Title: Re: Not a Willys - but I'm sure a willys drove ove
Post by: Comanche_County on February 21, 2012, 08:23:02 PM

Those are very cool, where did you get them?  Dated Dec 44' they would have been late for D-day, maybe there to offload Jeeps and Shermans for the Battle of the Bulge perhaps,,,,or maybe at Inchon!?