Strange One

[Bob Carriere]

In the early 1980 when I was travelling to Pittsburg a lot..... I spent a lot of time in area junk yards.... in Butler, Penn. (home of the original Jeep) just North of Pittsburg, I believe I have seen and photographed two similar vehicles(35mm color but God knows where they are now) ....... one had a series of pick axe holes in every floatation section ...was it a test or wilful de-activation..? ... the second one was more complete.....both were painted sand color and I believe they were all aluminium construction. Can't remember seeing propellers. Same junk yard had a small used (burned out heat shield & blown hatch) space capsule as a front yard display.... tons of crated fording kits and 100s of FC Air Force Jeeps that had the 3 cylinder diesel engines removed for Amish farms.... yet the bodies were immaculate.....air compressor with Hemi engines and waterproof ignitions similar to M37s........crated 283 or 327 with waterproof carburators and ignition system....... those were the good old days when I could spend $100 and totally fill up my Camaro with surplus parts.


Bob