The Command Car story WC56

First off thank you all for the nice replies about my WC56,

When I was little I became indulged to someday own a Command Car, I grew up in the L.A. area and "back in the day" my family would go to Universal Studios. There on the "back lot" tour I saw a hurt looking Command Car, I would dream of getting it and fixing it up. Well I grew up and I still wanted a Command car but had to settle for the M37 "they used to be affordable" then when I first moved to Barstow I met a guy that said he had a Command car and I could have it, I was jazzed. Then I went to pick it up and it had been made into a Forklift and was a piece of dung but I brought it home anyway and stripped the usable parts off of it and kept them for 15 years. Then I came across the Command car in the pictures below and I could afford so I bought it. I was searching on the net one evening and there was a site that had a picture of the Universal studios back lot and would you believe it, it was the same Command Car I saw as a kid ! and to make it better it needed a new cowl and I had one from the wreck I brought home 15 years prior ! So the last picture is the same Command car after I worked my @ss off on it for 2 years, I am going to tear it down to restore it here soon.

Pretty cool story I think, but I now have my Command Car and I digg it

Eric..

Thats a pretty neat story. Way to go on getting your dream car! I would love to see more photos

That's an OUTSTANDING story...and congrats on the score.

No pics of the fork lift mod?! I love to see pics of the "bubba hacks". Your MV is awesome. I would be afraid to drive it.

Very Cool! More pics please.

Dreams do come true!

Thanks for the repies !

I found these pictures the other day, I am having trouble with my computer so I'll post more pictures as I can. My C/C looks better in pictures than in person right now, I need to take it compltely down so I can repair it correctly. Right now I am having as much fun as I can with it due to it will be apart probally a couple of years when I restore it. I am in the "obtaining parts" stage so as I get a nice part I install it so when I have enough stuff I'll do it. I do things this way to keep it affordable for me, besides I will get all the driving out of my system so I won't miss it to much while it is torn down.

Eric..

Nice command car but the wrong color. WWII vehicles to my knowlege weren't painted the dark semigloss OD.

Awe, Sharp eye. As I stated prior I am going to restore this vehicle and I had semi OD on my shielf so I woundn't want to waste the proper O.D. when sand blasting is around the corner,

It does look great in the semi though,

Eric..