I’ve seen this photo before, but never an original press photo.
” 1945- Jeep is used by the 644th Ordnance Depot shown with a “winter-proof” enclosure. The plastic top, made entirely of salvaged materials, has windshield wipers, a spotlight and a windshield defroster. Photo measures approx. 8″ x 10″
“Teardrop aero design”. That must be how they got 73 MPH.
I’m sure that was downhill speed, too.
In neutral!
I think it’s really neat to have the ‘bubble.’ It shows how the GI’s will find a solution to a problem the designers didn’t think of. Just like adding the ‘front forks’ on the Sherman Tanks to break through the hedgerows in France in WWII.
“Blind spot? What blind spot?”