Ex Pacific theatre Jimmys and Jeeps

[emcam]

Hi guys,

For your interest, (hopefully!) attached is an image of a yard full of GMC trucks in open storage in Wellington, probably in the late '40s or early 50's.

These trucks arrived into New Zealand from the Pacific theatre, and were mostly rebuilt here in new Zealand, as after WW2, trucks were hard to get, and there was nothing readily available that was as useful as a Jimmy.

My truck is one of this sorry looking lot!

If the image is not attached, you can find it at my storage site : http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/emmcamm/my_photos


Kind regards,

Mark Cameron

[armydriver]

Thanks for the photos. I can imagine how abused these trucks were coming from the Pacific theater and the exposure to the salt atmosphere and the warm temps. Great jb opn your truck. She looks great.

[jhscpa]

Did anybody notice the wood cargo bodies on the closed cabs. I wonder what happened tot the open cabs produced 43-45 in the pacific?

Neat picture.

[KEVINABR]

excellent photo thanks for sharing that..... in europe there where holding areas to and still today in mid france there are just a few left will try to post in near future when i know how