The items from Macs are exact repros...
When I restored my 12 cab 15 years ago, I noted that the Ford emblem on the hood was actually a trunk (boot) badge from a 1930's Ford car. I don't recall which model at the moment. My original emblem WAS chrome, painted over....
Same went for the door handles.
Once again the ingenuity and neccessity of the times shows through. Ford wasn't about to re-invent the wheel while they still had stock and tooling on hand of civvy parts which were available...
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3RD Echelon Wksp
1968 M274A5 Mule Baifield USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1958 M274 Mule Willys US Army
1970 M38A1 CDN3 70-08715 1 CSR
1943 Converto Airborne Trailer
1983 M1009 CUCV
1957 Triumph TRW 500cc
RT-524, PRC-77s,
and trucks and stuff and more stuff and and.......
OMVA, MVPA, G503, Steel Soldiers
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