8 Nov 2024 Garand Picture of the Day

[Sapper740]

I wonder when this picture was taken. Only the rear wheel is a combat rim, the front is a solid rim which I thought didn't come out until post war. I remember when I restored my 1942 GPW the great lengths I went to keep it as original as possible. It had solid post war rims on it and I had a heck of a time finding original combat rims for it but fortunately my Flat Fender Radar held me in good stead one day as I was barreling down a backroad in Langley, B.C. and came to a screeching halt, backed up a few feet and there, barely discernible from the road was a flat fender protruding from a bunch of brambles. I pulled in and after some negotiations I pulled out with 4 combat rims for $200. I was ecstatic! I even went so far as to buy those little F script buttons you could glue on bolt heads to mimic the originals. I sold the Jeep when I moved to Texas and I miss it every single day.