Restoring an Airborne Compressor Trailer
In this section you will Have access to the restoration progress of each component of the Airborne Compressor Trailer.
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Simply click on the Index Group to the right that corresponds to the part you wish to review, such as Motor or Compressor. If you are not redirected to another page, I have not started work on that goup of the vehicle. GREEN BUTTONS are active.
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As I begin each part of the restoration, I will update its respective page with details, discussion and images of the progress, or lack of progress.
Click on the button below to go to the indicated restoration section
This great project was pointed out to me by a good friend. I contacted the owner and we agreed on a price and shipping. A few weeks later it arrived at a local shipper and I brought it home. I am working overtime to get my first GPW on the road, fully restored, so this will sit in the wings for a while. I will begin working on research, parts collection and the tool kit.
I have a deep interest in airborne units, in particular their engineer battalions. Only 1 of these compressors was assigned to an airborne division, so they are quite a rare piece of equipment. My research indicates that only 554 were made and distributed to Airborne Engineer Battalions, Airborne Aviation Battalions, the maintenence training facilities and possibly other engineer units.
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