---
title: "You can now own Gen. Patton’s WWII Command Car"
description: "Nothing screams \"I'm a boss\" like driving a car fit for one — especially if that car was once the preferred ride of Gen. George S. Patton"
date: "2020-05-05"
modified: "2020-05-05"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/history/george-patton-command-car-auction/"
categories:
  - "History"
  - "Past Conflicts"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
  - "Vehicles"
  - "World War II"
---

# You can now own Gen. Patton’s WWII Command Car

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2.jpg>)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1suhXyl70E

Nothing screams "I'm a boss" like driving a car fit for one — especially if that car was once the preferred ride of Gen. George S. Patton.

A Dodge WC-57 Command Car that once carted around the legendary Army general is coming up for auction on June 13 from host company Worldwide Auctioneers, [according](<https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/05/04/wwii-command-car-up-for-auction-previous-owner-gen-patton/>) to our friends at Military Times.

The 4x4 Command Car, purpose-built in 1944 and currently outfitted with a refurbished 92-horsepower Dodge 6-cylinder, comes with a slew of modifications incorporated specifically for the general, including extra armor plating and high-volume horns and siren, according to Worldwide Auctioneers.

Once a part of the 3rd Army headquarters' motor pool, the restored vehicle also includes ‘three-star general’ and ‘3rd Army HQ’ pennants, as well as a (non-operational) Browning .30 caliber machine gun.

“What this vehicle represents is so impactful and so important,” Worldwide Auctioneers principal John Kruse said of the vehicle. “To own a piece of history from World War II such as this ... is a spectacular opportunity.”

Check out some images of Patton's favorite ride below and [learn more about this one-of-a-kind vehicle from Worldwide Auctioneers](<https://worldwideauctioneers.com/car-details/?id=80&rid=204>).

## Author
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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