Picture of the Week 9/25/2006

This forum is to discuss all aspect to the lead picture on the first page of CCKW.org. The picture changes every week and will be posted as the first post of the new thread.
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Picture of the Week 9/25/2006

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Post by John V Cliche »

Bill
Have you been taking pictures in my shop again ? :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Karoshi »

No John, that hard cab got a post war European grill, so I guess somebody's been visiting.

Oh for that Pacific!
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Post by Matt »

Nice pic Bill,a proper CCKW :)

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Hey guys.....

Working from Black Forest on an unstable 52K dialup :(

So I posted a little early.

The picture is from the Marshall Museum in Overloon. Very nice looking Compressor with all the "toys" attached.



Karoshi...They had 2 "Dragon Wagons" one hauling boxes dressed in Red Ball attire...

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and one hauling a Sherman up onto the bed..

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I was like a kid in a Candy store......
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Post by Karoshi »

Very nice Bill, keep em coming, and thanks.
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WOW :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Great pictures,
love the comp Jimmy
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Those Dragon Wagon's

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If anybody has a few spare minutes to model a Dragon Wagon, take a look here:

http://www.guntruck.com/M25DragonWagon.html
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There are LeRois in the wild too :)

http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/67440546
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Post by armydriver »

Great photos thanks Bill and everyone else. Just keep em coming. I enjoy looking at all the great GI toys. :lol:
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Gets me all Jeeped up to get my open cab w/w done. The LeRoi runs great and I have another engine (302) for the truck as the one in there did not get winterized by the previous owner... :cry:
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