Hello everyone - after some detective work I found this on Hemmings Blog site. There's been some chat about the 'jeep' and Carl - you were right about Frank Kurtis - it sounds like you might have seen the real thing. I'm trying to attach the link but no luck - if I can't get the link up, google Hemmings Blog (no apostrophe in Hemmings)and search for Frank Kurtis Jeep.
It's worth it. There are stills and the youtube clip.
Here's a quote from the chatroom -
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'When this movie came out, the miraculous new “jeep” was all the rage, but impossible to obtain from the military. Most citizens got their first glimpse of the baby combat cars in their local theatres, either on newsreel shorts or in this film. Because news footage had been spliced into the scene, moviegoers were unaware that Laurel & Hardy’s “Bantam Reconnaisance Car” (BRC) was actually a plywood mock-up constructed on a Ford chassis. It was created by Hollywood custom car builder Frank Kurtis. During the next few years, Kurtis created at least two more (or modified this one). The others were built to look like a Ford GP and a Willys MB. The jeep imposter still exists and is in private hands undergoing a restoration'
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