This beastie made the annual Summer Camp trip from West Orange, NJ, to Fort Drum, NY, between 1946 and 1967, along with about thirty others. Legend has it that the traffic backups created by the convoys got so intense that New York State created the Thruway just so vacationers could speed on their way to the cooler climes of Canuckistan without having to nip between the half-tracks and the Shermans whenever oncoming traffic appeared on Route 9W.

This sterling example was still operational in 1992 -- *and* for the measly sum of one dollar (all the cash collected went into the Scour The Junkyards For Spare Parts Fund), you could get a two-minute trip around the parking lot during Heritage Week.

Now when John bogs the armored Lawn Boy mowing the creek bank, he'll be able to winch it out *and* give Neffi some practical exercises in evasive maneuvers...