The GMC CCKW

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:25 pm**

Nice truck!!!
What are the items stowed on the cargo body edge ?
Regards
john

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:22 am**

Hi John,

Looks like a tow bar and a stretcher to me.

Nice looking truck!

Matt.

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:57 am**

I do like the closed cab's with gun ring's

Mick.

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:38 am**

There is something about those 352's.

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:45 pm**

Nice ..... But i don't think a baseball bat in the pioneer rack is issue.

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:21 pm**

Hey AD,
I just saw a way to justify 4 MORE jerry cans.

John

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:24 am**

I just adore Jerry Cans, any excuse to have them on thr truck and I can really appreciate why they had to carry as many as they could - boy these Jimmies drink the juice!

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:59 am**

There is no such thing as too many jerry cans, especially the way a CCKW gobbles down fuel. That is one beautiful truck.
John, I have 4 cans on my truck at present, including one German and one British WWII can.

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:47 pm**

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I do like the closed cab's with gun ring's

Mick.
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Me too!

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:25 pm**

A water bucket to boot!

Posted: **Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:58 pm**

WHAT A BEAUTY I LOVE THOSE CLOSED CAB SHORTY,S

Posted: **Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:59 pm**

WHAT A BEAUTY I LOVE THOSE CLOSED CAB SHORTY,S

Posted: **Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:07 pm**

Almost the "perfect truck"

352
with winch
closed cab
MG mount
steel cargo
just needs to be banjo axles to make it perfect

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:19 am**

dr deuce wrote:Almost the "perfect truck"

just needs to be banjo axles to make it perfect

An opinion From the DR.

Here is another by CCKW expert and restorer Bob Rubino. From Auto Restorer June 2006 VOL 18 Number 6

There's only a single major area which the CCKW'S interchangeability fails and was a cosideration for the army and can be a problem for today's restorer,and illustrates how GM's size enabled it to handle what could have been a wartime production bottleneck. The differences in the axles one type built buy Timken and the other Banjo built by GM. The timken axle Rubino explained is a High Quality unit built for the commercial truck market, But the company could not stay ahead of the military demand. GM therefore came up with its own, simple design the banjo, purely for the military vehicle and compatiable with fast production. Its a very crude arrangement Rubino said "there's no adjustment for backlash or preload or anything, and the transfer case,to keep it simple, the front driveshaft spins in the opposite direction of the rear driveshaft. So you have alot of motion going on inside of this thing and at high speeds , and at prolonged high speeds they have been known to shatter and explode, they really do explode. The case splits apart and bearings and gears go all over the road. Go with the timken ,There's a second reason why telling the rear axles apart easily is a nice plus .It is more of something to think about than to worry about ,but it is still a consideration when shopping for a CCKW. If you're buying one Rubino says of the two axles ,the timken's better for the collector than the banjo , they hold up better ,they run the road better but if I was looking at a truck , I wouldn't say oh,this is a banjo ,I'm not buying it . If they are side by side and all things are equal ,Yeah you want the Timken ,But if you see a banjo there is no reason not to buy it

LOOKS LIKE IT IS THE PERFECT TRUCK AFTER ALL

The GMC CCKW

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