WWII staff car pics

[Young Ed]

On a long 6 you should be able to see the 4 bolts holding the intake to the exhaust.

Car also has factory mopar turn signals.

[Don Coatney]

On a long 6 you should be able to see the 4 bolts holding the intake to the exhaust.

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Understood. From the angle in the picture I cannot see the bolts.

[RobertKB]

On a long 6 you should be able to see the 4 bolts holding the intake to the exhaust.

Car also has factory mopar turn signals.

Ed, you beat me to it!

[1940plymouth]

Here is photo of Ike's 1942 Caddy staff car that is on display at his museum

[Bingster]

Just watched the old movie Twelve O'Clock High with Gregory Peck. I had forgotten that there are a lot of scenes with WWII staff cars. Great movie, too!

[claybill]

lou.....i would thnk...that staff cars would ONLY have been 4 dr sedans....the 2 dr would have been too clumsy and inefficient for high staffers getting in and out....thnk about it.

bill

[Don Coatney]

lou.....i would thnk...that staff cars would ONLY have been 4 dr sedans....the 2 dr would have been too clumsy and inefficient for high staffers getting in and out....thnk about it.

bill

The 2 door sedans were used for Captians and below. Majors and above got the 4 doors:D

[Lou Earle]

Mine is a 2 door. My thinking was that Army navy etc tok all they could get in 41 just after war started. I think Don's post might be correct. Anyway this is my way of preserving the car while it awaits my attention. Just a fun thing to do

Lou

[Frank Elder]

Try this link, http://olivedrab.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/ww-ii-staff-cars/

It says 4x2 sedans odd Dodges the rest plymouths...

[Brandon S]

Hey, just saw this blog and working on a '42 P14C I picked up last year to be a staff car as a member of the Living History Corps of the National WWII Museum here in New Orleans.  This is my 3rd project and I made the mistake of painting my first project- a '42 Harley WLA with Krylon OD paint.  First, it's incorrect and too dark and second, you'll regret it when somebody points it out or you see others.  I'm painting it part by part to correct color now as I work in it.  Most MV owners I know use RAPCO paints out of TX (see google) that make both ennamel can and aresol paints in the correct colors- 40-43 early war and 44-45 late war (more lighter pea green).  Also there's several back issues of the Plymouth Ownners Club's Plymouth Bulletin magazine that have great staff car info.  Their website has the back issues for sale or on DVD and think the one from '92 is the best.  Has a picture of Admiral Nimitz getting out of a P14 on Saipan after its capture.   They also state that the War Department only ordered '41s to a production standard (blackout lights) and the '42s were "impressed" into service from civilian stock.  Any info on these is scarce- not much out there.  I have a '45 Willys MB and TONS of literature on jeeps but then they pretty much replaced the staff cars of the early war by the hundreds of thousands...

[blucarsdn]

Attached is a pix of a '41 Plym staff car i found sitting in a field in Montana in about 2005.. The car appeared to be a DeLux 4dr sdn, all of the bright metal was painted over with OD paint.. The car had all of the correct government contract number plates attached to the dash. The car was pretty well complete, in need of a complete restoration....

[Rustydodge46]

@Brandon S 

Hey there, would live to see some photos of your P14C! I have one also and have created a facebook group just for these rare beauties. Come join here https://www.facebook.com/groups/496566131163408/ Hope to see you and anyone else with one

Edited January 14, 2020 by Rustydodge46

[desoto1939]

I participate in the June WWII reenactment weekend at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in reading Pa. This is one of the largest reenactment events on the east coast.  They have a lot of wwII staff cars on display.  go to www.mtaam.org and then select the picture for the WWII weekend event.

 

I show my 39 desoto every year.

 

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com