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Old 07-21-2019, 03:45 PM   #1
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Those are neat!

What is that guy doing in the last pictures?? Is he legally blind or something??
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Those are neat!

What is that guy doing in the last pictures?? Is he legally blind or something??



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Very interesting-Night Vision Goggles for the Model A!!!!
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After Germany surrendered in May 1945 to end WWII in Europe, the country was divided into occupation zones. As a member of the US Army I was in a part of Germany that was assigned as the Russian Army of Occupation area. The Russian soldiers arrived walking or riding in Model AA Ford stake body trucks. In the week I spent in the Russian zone, as the occupying forces moved in, I saw no motorized vehicles except Model AA Ford stake body trucks. The troops were friendly but I none I personally met spoke English. I had two Model A's waiting for my return home.
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Old 07-21-2019, 09:14 PM   #10
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After Germany surrendered in May 1945 to end WWII in Europe, the country was divided into occupation zones. As a member of the US Army I was in a part of Germany that was assigned as the Russian Army of Occupation area. The Russian soldiers arrived walking or riding in Model AA Ford stake body trucks. In the week I spent in the Russian zone, as the occupying forces moved in, I saw no motorized vehicles except Model AA Ford stake body trucks. The troops were friendly but I none I personally met spoke English. I had two Model A's waiting for my return home.

Barnstuf, here's a photo for you. GAZ-AA Berlin 1945


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Those are great photos! Are they technically Fords? I thought I read at one time that they were built in Russia with the same specs but were called something different.
Barnstuf, very interesting and on a related note my uncle was a pilot, he flew the Berlin Airlift.
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Old 07-22-2019, 11:57 AM   #12
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This looks like 30-31 style fenders, hood, cowl, etc. The roof and visor are more 28-29 but the windshield is shorter. The position of the door handles almost looks like suicide doors. Maybe a custom body?


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The phaeton has a radiator shell like 30-31 AA without the "widow's peak". A peculiarity of Russian production?
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