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  1. m16ty

    Deuce "Eager Beaver" article

    General Products Division was a division of the Jeep Corp. It says so on the data plates of the GPD trucks. I'm almost 100% sure GM didn't build any of the M44 trucks.
  2. m16ty

    Deuce "Eager Beaver" article

    The funny thing is they continued to build the M35 series trucks into the late '80s long after Reo was long gone. That's the problem with companies designing anything for the military. After you submit the design and they sign off on it you loose all rights to it. Anybody (the lowest bidder) can...
  3. m16ty

    Deuce "Eager Beaver" article

    "Thus, contracts for 2 1/2 ton Eager Beaver trucks were also awarded to General Motors and to Studebaker through 1953." Are you sure this isn't a misprint? I've never seen a GM produced M35 truck. I think maybe the writer got mixed up with the GM M135/M211 trucks that were being produced at...
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