The GMC CCKW

Army Driver,
If you happen to to see a can of the epoxy laying around, please copy the name of it for me. Who or what is Caswell? Will this stuff coat the water can so fresh water can be used that would be safe to drink? I am in need at several jerry cans, both water and gas.

I got a question to you since you are from Texas. How are you registering your vehicles, Antique Military, street legal? I am looking to register my shop van when it gets here and looking for the best way. I also am looking for a way to do it with my command car. I have never fooled with a license plate for it as I have always trailered it and run it off the road. Now I may drive it some. I had heard some time ago that you could use the painted hood numbers but I never followed up on it to see if it was true.

Lucky
The web site is www.caswellplating.com and the material is Phenol Novl\oloc Epoxy. I don't know if it safe for potable water but this stuff really works well.
As far as registration in Texas. I currently have only one of my vehicles registered and that is my CCKW353 cargo Betty Boop and I have Texas Antique plates on her. I have the fixed for quick removal for static displays with wing nuts on the bolts that hold the plates on , front and back. I had understood through the Lonestar MVPA several years ago that Texdot had approved the use of the hood numbers as registration numbers and even had Texdot forms for that. I have never done that as my vehicle was already with the antique plates and that is only 10.00 a year for a five year period before it has to be re=-liscened.
Hopes this helps

Lucky, I did a repair to my jerry cans some years ago, as I wanted to carry potable water too.

The product I used was a Black Bitumen paint designed for painting out domestic water tanks, this can be readily bought over here in Europe from a building suppliers.

I flushed the cans with some course sand to scour the rust out, flushed them several times and allowed it to dry off. Poured in about a litre of the Bitumen Paint swilled it around then poured out the excess. Before the "rubber" was fully dry I gave it a second coat and drained the excess out again. It took about a fortnight to dry off but I've had drinkable and untainted water ever since. The bitumen of course is flexible and does not chip if the can is handled hard.

AQUASEAL Protective Black Bitumen Paint. Is the product I used, the can says: "....suitable for application to metal cold drinking water tanks"

http://www.basf-cc.gr/NR/rdonlyres/72A5 ... TUMENT.pdf

It does exactly what it says on the tin.

Karoshi and Army Driver,
What great ideas. I will certainly follow up on your suggestions. I am making ready for my CCKW Shop Van to arrive at the end of this month so I am getting it all together. The cans are on the list and I have found three candidates to restore.
thanks

A suggestion that was posted a couple years back on the G503 board was to line the cans with a food grade epoxy. I don't remember the link, but the sourece was an on-line beekeeping site. As they are in the business of honey production, the epoxy was a food grade product once cured. I actually ordered some of the stuff with the plan to do my two water cans when I have the time. As I recall it was very reasonably priced...

Lucky
Remember , if you are planning on painting European markings on your truck, American, German and British cans are all considered proper. During the "Red Ball Express" run all cans that would hold fuel were used, regardless of country of origin. Might I suggest putting one British can aboard. They are available and not too expensive. I have a 43 and 44 British can, a 43 German and American cans. I have a 51 dated Radio Steel, the company that made the Radio Flyer wagons to put on my 52 M38.

Yes indeed, and here they are, Port en Bessin following the opening of the P.L.U.T.O. terminal. Mixed cans awaiting delivery by the Red Ball Express.



Not that you need that many !

I love that photo. Thanks.

There is another product that we have used to reline fuel tanks and cans.

It is called POR. Their web site is http://www.por15.com/ They have a recognized product line and have been around the Auto Reto world for a number of years.

CAT MAN