The GMC CCKW

Anyone collecting jerry cans, beside just for display on their vehicle? I find they are kind of interesting with all of the different ones available, German WWII cans, British WWII cans and of course the various American cans. I just picked up an American can dated 1941 and it has some interesting variations when compared to the later can we are used to seeing.

Close examination reveals the early cans were made of galvanized steel, had a two ear screwed lid and the chain is rivited to the handle instead of the cotter pin type attachment for the chain in later cans.

HI Army
Do you recieve supply line and army motors A while back they had a big article on Jerry cans and all the different types and what to look for ,I'll try to find it and let you know what issue it was in

JIM 42CCKW

Thanks I would appreciate that. I guess I am the only nut on this site that finds collecting jerry cans is interesting. I have a couple of the WWII Marine cans, a couple of German WWII dated cans, British and of course American Army cans. In Europe the Army used every can they could find including the German and British during the Red Ball Express days.

Hi Jim,

You are not the only jerry can nut on here,I was just a bit slow in owning up !.

They are indeed an interesting subject in their own right. I'm also interested in the various types of oil can used by US forces during WWII.

Matt.

Another NUT checking in........ i have about 35 or so allover the place , i hit a local flea market every Tuesday morning ......which has been like going to a { CRACK } house two weeks ago another USMS 1942 can. The wife thinks I'm NUTS.

Now look what you started AD
None of US are " nuts" but it takes ALOT of cans to fill the back of a CCKW.
There I've justified it . I'm OK
Now off to the FLEA

See Ya
John

Gee guys I feel better now. I thought I was the lone nut in the can but it is refreshing to find other nuts with loose screws out there. As I brought in the can and exclaimed to my wife, Hey look what I got, she looked at me like I was really crazy. Are you going to put it with all the rest of those gas cans, she said? Just no understanding at all.
This one is s0pecial just like all the other special jerrycans in my office.

We have filled a SWB Jimmy with empty cans, but never counted how many it takes

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Mick.

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Great photo. Look at all of the European style cans in the photo. The gasoline had to be delivered, no matter who manufactured the can. British, German or American. After all, "A tank without gasoline is just a 60 ton paperweight." Patton did not say this. It was the commanding general of the quarter master corps while the trucks were rolling in the Red Ball Express.

I too collect gas cans. In Northern California, it seems the 1944"s are hard to find; also, any Navy cans of any year. The 1941's, 42's,43's are very available. For the cans on my MV's, I clean them up and remove the dents, on the others I leave them as is.

I check every jerry can I find for date and other marks,the last one I found was a water can,42 date with a vent screw at the top,under the handle,I've never seen one of these yet,it was in the big bone yard with the two halftrack cowls and two CCKW cab,I found one of those early galvanized can one time,but thing got tight so I had to sell it,I'm restoring a halftrack and will eventually do the open cab CCKW,I love that comabt look,with stuff strapped to every available surface,what fun is a factory looking vehicle,thats why I got out of automotive restoration and went into street rodding,I like to have a little choice with my vehicle. And jerry can were alway a great addition,almost every vehicle you see in the combat pictures has a couple of extra cans strapped on some where,on the halftracks they had mine racks down the sides on later models,you alway see these filled with jerry cans,those beast were thirsty. So far I only have 20 or so,alot are post war dated but who's going to check when I'm rolling down the street in a parade. I'm lucky my wife collects her own junk so she can't say much about mine,althought mine is a little bigger.Bobc

One more photo from the Victory show last weekend "Sunrise over the fuel depot" for all you jerry can lovers

Mick.

I GO TO AS MANY SHOWS AS I CAN AND ALWAYS COME HOME TO MY WIFE SAYING " OH GOD NOT ANOTHER ONE".... ON MY CCKW I HAVE ALL SORTS FROM BRITISH AMERICAN AND YES GERMAN ONES ... THEY WOULD HAVE USED WHAT EVER WAS AROUND AT THE TIME....

I've had this brass spout and bag for 30/35 years. Use it on a regular basis. It's the only one I had ever seen until this past fall when I found another at the local flea mkt. http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee24 ... 1198932944[/url]

I had thought about making a black painted plywood back for my CCKW and taking a bunch of unuseable jerry cans and slice them in half top to bottom and attach them to the plywood to make it look like the truck was full of jerry cans. With the canvas on, I think it would work.

I can see the headlines now ......A false compartment has lead to what we beleave to be a large smuggling operation discovered in NH today. Not sure what thy were hauling but it had to be a lot because of the size of the truck they were using . More on this story and photos at 11:00 !!

You're right!

Especially if I had taco wrappers in there......

Or worse, I was carrying the "gadget"

a photo of a " few " Jerry cans, sorry they are not for sale WWII

I have often wondered, them going from can to can, not stopping the flow. hot late summer, one spark or GI dying for a butt...