[Bill Murray]

Hallo Jan:

First, let me thank you for a most rare and unusual selection of photos of a Dodge variant I have never seen before, and I have been looking at Dodges for some 55 years now.

Second, due to my rapidly advancing years and rapidly declining memory, I am now starting to put a number on my sentences responding to questions like this so I do not lose my way.

1. I agree with Gordon, the bodywork up to the cowl/windscreen is 100% original Dodge as it came from the manufacturer. Same for the wheels and the windscreen itself.

2. The style of the doors and the rear of the body are quite typical of a German Kommandeurwagen or a "SuperKubelwagen", but.............

3. I do not believe the Germans captured any number of this WC variant if any and further I do not believe they had the ability to transfer a Dodge from the Russian front to Germany to get this sort of high quality coach built vehicle.

4. The Czech army had in their inventory before the fall of the country some numbers of Skoda and Tatra Kommandeurwagen type vehicles that were at least similar to your photos.

5. While the Czech auto industry was certainly damaged in the earliest years of the war to a certain extent, it was not all that bad and the industry continued to make vehicles for the German military forces for some years.

6. This leads me to believe that the Dodge was re-bodied as a Kommandeurwagen for the Czech forces by a, to me unknown, Czech coach builder.

7. I have in my bookmarks files some websites dealing with Czech coach builders and I will start doing a search to see if I can come up with a match for your Dodge.

Thanks again for sharing these photos with us.

Bill