Dodge Yr Aur
The title is a hyphenation of Dodge and "Bron Yr Aur" which is the name of a cottage in England where Led Zeppelin wrote their 3rd album and is the name of the song playing in the video.
My grandfather bought this WC-62 from an Alameda/Oakland, area base, the exact one of which, I am not sure. The pink slip my grandmother kept stashed away indicates that he purchased it as surplus in 1957. My brother, sister and I used to spend a lot of time running in and out of my grandmothers apple barn, playing on the "old army truck," the D-4 orchard seat Caterpillar and a 1948 McCormick Farmall tractor. My grandfather had the original bed removed (heavy sigh)long ago and a flatbed was fabricated and installed in it's place. During my lifetime, the flat bed kept me busy, because it offered a lot of surface area for collecting bat shit, which I patiently swept off as my grandmother looked on from her chair.......I'll finish this later so that I can get the video posted and get to bed.
Author: AggregateDood
Keywords: Dodge Weapons Carrier WC-62 WW2 Truck
Added: January 9, 2008
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