production

[dr deuce]

like the CCKW, the US decided not to put production figures on/in the vehicle manuals shortly after the war started. I have heard that there were between 160,000 atrucknd 190,00 Chevys produced in WW2 As a aside, I have a 1944 Chev Bomb Truck according to the serial number and a 1945 Chev telephone auger truck. My observation is that the quality went down as the war progressed.

[Didier A.]

79,178 Cargo truck no winch (G-4112-YP Model YJ+ G-7107-NJ)
27,137 Cargo truck with winch (G-4112YP Model YM + G-4163-ZP Model ZM + G-7117-NM)
384 Cargo truck no winch long heelbase (G-4112-YQ Model YQ + G-4174-ZQ Model ZQ + G-7127-NP)
4,034 Panel delivery (G-4112-YP Model YG + G-4105-ZP Model ZG + G-7105-NG) = (K-51 + K-70)
10,008 Cargo/Dump no winch (G-4112-YP MOdel YH + G-4152-ZP Model ZH + G-7106-NH)
5,938 Cargo/Dump with winch (G-4112-YP Model YL + G-4162- ZP Model ZL + G-7116-NL)
3,492 Tractor Trick (G-4112-YP Model YK + G-4165-ZP Model ZK + G-7113-NK)
11,992 Bomb Service (G-7128-NQ)
4,738 Telephone Maintenance (G-4112-YP Model YA+YB+YC and G-7163-NR = K44 + K-43)
6,218 Chassis w/Cab (G-4113-ZP Model ZK + G-7103-NE)
1,201 Fire truck (G-4112-YP + G-7103-NE)
313 Field Lighting (G-7143-NF)
2 Low-silhouette (G-7129)
701 Stake and platform COE (G-4103-YX Model YN + G-7153-NX)
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155,336 Chevy

[retro-roco]

This is an awesome post, with one huge glaring exception... I am not taking issue with any of your numbers, but a post like this cries out for a reference to the source. Please!

[Didier A.]

The source :
---Ordnance Department - Administrative and Tactical Vehicles 1941-1942-1943-1944 - Records and Reports Section. (US Army)
---Engineering of Transport Vehicles - Chief of Ordnance - Detroit 1942-1945. (US Army)
---Standart Nomenclature List N° G-85 Vol. IV and G-506 - List of all Service Parts by Chevrolet 25 june 1945. (US Army)
---Master Parts Price List of Chassis and Body Parts for Chevrolet Passenger Cars and Trucks built for United States Army. (Chevrolet Motor Division)

[retro-roco]

Thanks! I'm familiar with the SNL G506 source, and the 2,929 Cargo less winch, and Cargo w/ winch trucks listed there (2146 listed by registration number, and and another 783 mentioned a a group of trucks built using earlier material).

I'm not familiar with your other sources and the information they contain. Do you know if your figures include the Chevrolet G506 trucks built and sent to Russia under Lend Lease? I have read that might be as many as an 151,000??

Thanks again for listing your sources!

[Didier A.]

Include trucks built and sent to Lend Lease
52 Cargo truck no winch long heelbase (50 GB + 2 Brasil)
66,340 Cargo Truck W and WO/W (2,731 GB + 60,475 Russia + 137 French + 16 China + 1,470 Brasil + 451 Am. Lat. + 134 Holland + 926 various countries)
20 Chassis w/Cab (20 French)
669 Cargo/Dump W and WO/W (610 GB + 59 French)
180 Panel (180 GB)
49 Tractor (49 French)
133 K-43 (60 GB + 73 French)
35 K-44 (19 GB + 16 French)

Include trucks built for Navy and USMC
376 Panel delivery (G-7105-NG)
1,000 Cargo/Dump no winch (G-7106-NH)
805 Cargo/Dump with winch (G-7116-NL)
736 Bomb Service (G-7128-NQ) wihtout rear equipment

[KEVINABR]

great info is there anyway of finding out just how many G-7113 nk models were built out of the 3492 tractors ?? thanks

[Didier A.]

3,492 Tractor Truck (G-4112-YP Model YK + G-4165-ZP Model ZK + G-7113-NK)

G-4112-YP = 8 item
G-4165-ZP = 89 item
G-7113-NK = 3,395 item

[KEVINABR]

remarkable Didier