While reading through the extensive history of the half track, I stumbled on the fact that the owner of the rarest of these half tracks was Fred Smith of the UK.  Having recently read that Fred Smith also owned and nicely restored the Ford Budd prototype, I got curious about who Fred Smith is.  At this point, I don’t know anything about him other than he’s got quite the jeep collection.  Here’s an approximate list (this list is a guess based on what I’ve read online):

1. 1940 Ford Budd Prototype
2. T-28 Half Track
3. Willys MT-TUG 6×6
4. 5 or 6 Ford GPs
5. Ford GP four wheel steering
6. Ford GPA (seep)
7. Willys MA
8. Willys MB

Not a bad collection!  Apparently, Fred shows these on occasion (or often) at the War and Peace Show at Beltring in Kent, UK.