Posted by Tom in Oregon on Friday, June 24, 2005 at 2:37PM :
In Reply to: WW2 Crate Jeeps posted by Northern Calif Dave on Friday, June 24, 2005 at 1:52PM :
Here's a myth-buster site.
http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/thehistoryof/3383/index1.html
Sorry to find it is indeed an old myth. Maybe somewhere, though...
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