Posted by Charles [162.158.74.36] on Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 09:35:43 :
In Reply to: gen Pattons wc57 ? posted by mikey stone [108.162.245.49] on Monday, May 08, 2017 at 09:46:52 :
Because the auction is in Auburn, Ind. and they are selling other military vehicles most likely from what was at one time a very nice local military museum. They auction off a large portion of the collection a few years ago.The so called Patton command car I am sure is from the museum. The large collection of military vehicles in the museum came from closing of a museum in ??Beligium. Not sure but I think it was Mr. Kruse that bought the whole collection and shipped it to the USA. Mr Kruse was the owner/founder of Kruse Auctions which I think got into financial problems and now is Auctions America. The original collection of vehicles had enough German equipment that I thought could outfit a German Division. Most likely the Patton CC was part of the collection from Europe and was probably created there. I doubt that Patton had anything to do with this vehicle. Others may have more complete knowledge about this.