The GMC CCKW

Adrie sent me this picture of a Red Cross Clubmobile coming off a LCT.



I noticed that it had the pioneer tools are mounted on the engine side covers and also the fuel tank is on the wrong side with that huge access plate.

What is the access plate for?

The fuel tank is not just the correct cargo put on the wrong side as the filler neck is forward on this one. did they customize them that much? Was this a tank for something other than powertrain fuel? Heater, cooker, Donut maker?

Where did the spare go?

(The LCT in the background #453 was lend lease to the UK and was used at Normandy. I am assuming that is where this picture is taken.)

Bill

Hi Bill,

From what we can tell, the fuel tank you are looking at are water tanks, the fuel tank is where it is supposed to be, on the other side, but there are also 3 water tanks placed in the other 3 corners of the body.

We are trying to find out their actual length as they were longer than a LWB Jimmy.