[blucar]

I was in the US Army in the mid '50's attached to the 14th AC at Fulda.. Fulda is about 60 miles north-east of Frankfort.. I was quite amazed at the old US cars I saw in Germany, of course they had been taken there by the US Forces..
Two that really stuck in my mind, one of which was a '38 Chevy coupe.. The best one I think I have ever seen.. It was black, had a Fulton visor plus other goodies. It was parked in a parking lot adjacent to an Army HQ building in Frankfort.
I have a pix of it in my album which I have not scanned into my computer yet.
I also saw a really nice '40 Ford conv. one day, unfortunately I was not able to get a pix of it..
I had a '50 Opel 2dr in Germany.. It was a 4 cyln OHV.. German version of a '40's model Chevy.. It was a really good car, always started during the cold German winter..
Several months ago I had a very strange thing happen to me.. While searching through eBay for a '49 license plate for my '49 Olds I came upon a '49 US Forces in Germany plate.. I scrolled through the listings and came upon a '57 US Forces in Germany plate.. Looking at the number, something seemed familiar about the plate.. I saved the listing so I could think about it..
Looking through my Army photo album I came upon a pix of my Opel... Wow! The '57 plate on my Opel was only five numbers from the plate on eBay..
The unit of the MP's that handled vehicle registration came to the outlaying areas on a set schedule.. All transactions pertaining to vehicle registration had to be handled per this schedule.. When new licenses were being issued they usually were done so on a "by Company basis". Since the plate on eBay was only five numbers from mine, this meant that the person that was issued that plate was only five people behind me in the line... SPOOKY TO SAY THE LEAST.. The original owner of the plate was a member of my Company or possibly the 501 Arm Medics..
I made sure that my bid was high enough to insure that I won the bid.. The set of plates now has an honored place on the wall of my shop with my other license plates..