GM Otter light recce car

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by James Gosling
Sadly the Otter in the picture, covered in brambles is not for sale.I spoke with the owner in June and he is adamant that he won't sell it or a second one he has hiding nearby. Both have been completely gutted inside, with every major component removed. The other one has had the turret removed and the roof of the hull is split open like a banana. they do however have some interesting fittings on the outside still remaining, which I hope to go back and photograph (when I was there the owner would not let me photograph anything).

Seems the Otter in the brambles is the same as shown in the pic below. This picture was taken at the Museum Musée Août 44, Falaise (France).

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Seems the Otter in the brambles is the same as shown in the pic below. This picture was taken at the Museum Musée Août 44, Falaise (France).

I knew that photo and museum name were familiar. The museum closed and the collection was auctioned earlier this year. Hanno posted a thread on it.

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...661#post178661

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another turretless? one in Italy

Caption: Chevrolet Otter crossing a Bailey bridge over the Volturno river at Grazzanise in October 1943

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Source: http://panzerserra.blogspot.de/2013/...reda-20mm.html

[Alan McGuinness]

Otters appear briefly in these Pathe films:

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/crossing-the-volturno
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/it...ops-and-people
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/te...n-in-palestine

[lssah2025]

Ok, another question, the Otter book calls for 9.00x16's, would 10.50x16's be too big for the rims? Also would US NDT's be appropriate to use, or should they be UK bar grip/track grip?

This picture the tyres definitely look bigger than 9.00's

[lssah2025]

More pics... of Otters

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