#blitz bugy

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The men who developed the jeep pause to commemorate the event outside the Bantam car factory in Butler, Pennsylvania. The prototype was delivered to the Army.

Date: September 21, 1940

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"Taken at Camp Holabird, this view of the Bantam prototype clearly shows the graceful curved fenders. These soon gave way to the characteristic flat fenders. The Reconnaissance Car appears to be heavily burdened by the five men inside it."

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"Bantam #01 pilot car ('Blitz Buggy') in testing at Camp Holabird, fall of 1940. The first 1/4-ton jeep prototype was the only one with bulbous, round front fenders. Loaded with three armed troops, being tested on a banked track."

Photographed in late September 1940.

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Bantam BRC (Bantam Reconnaissance Car) prototype undergoing testing.

Date: late 1940

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"Bantam pilot car (prototype) #01 'Blitz Buggy', front left, at Holabird Quartermaster Depot: Army testing grounds."

Date: 1940

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