FRENCH CARGO BODY

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:49 am

Seen any?

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:48 am

How would we tell. I don't know anything about french replacement parts for CCKWs.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:44 am

Keep watching, it will be discussed. I am just getting this started, to get discussion going, there are differences.
Joel

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:53 am

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:41 am

I can see I am in for it, and I am not making fun of the trucks with mixed parts, I am explaining why they exist.

Degsy · Post by **Degsy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:31 pm

Yes,our 352 is ex-French and has a French built body.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:39 pm

This begs the question. Is Degesy's truck worth any less than the original GMC body? Would that make make it any less desirable? Just wondering because there are a lot of trucks in the U.S. that don't have the original cargo bodies on them. In my estimation it does not.If a person is proud of what they have and anytime someone is willing to invest time and money into saving one of these old beauties, they deserve to be congratulated.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:42 am

AD you are missing the point, all I was trying to do was give the readers a little background on the CCKW that most would normally realize. These trucks served for 50 years and some new parts had to be contracted out to keep them serviceable. There were differences. I should not have mentioned anything as this sort of backs up the old addage "that a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous." It took me years to absorb all of this and there is no real good way to cover it all. Some trucks over here are different as they were used by owners who discarded anything that was not needed to adapt the truck for dozens of uses. There is no way to put in print all the methods and techniques of the proud do it your self owner that wants to resurrect a symbol of the past. I know you have developed a technique to stay within your resources, we all have our own individual level and goals.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:36 am

Agreed.

arnee · Post by **arnee** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:46 pm

Here are dataplates from my GMC 353 rebuild in Germany 1950.
The body are build by TH.KLATTE Bremen-Huchting

Arne

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:14 am

Wow, I love the data plates. Great find on your truck. Just adds more history and where it has been .

arnee · Post by **arnee** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:23 pm

Some rebuiltplates from another of my GMCs
BMW Germany 1949-50

Arne

arnee · Post by **arnee** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:48 pm

Some more rebuilt plates from tree others of my GMCs

Arne

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:40 pm

Wow, I love them. Especially the BMW plates. Fantastic. I have always liked data plates, both on and off of old vehicles and aircraft. I have a small collection of Japanese data plates that were removed from aircraft during the war by U.S. servicemen and one from a Japanese truck. These are great. Thanks for showing them.

Nick Bombini · Post by **Nick Bombini** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:44 pm

Arnee,
my truck also went through Karlsfeld Ordnance Depot. My truck went through in 1952. I'll upload the photo of the dataplate later when I get home. I'm at school right now.

Nick Bombini · Post by **Nick Bombini** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:39 am

Here is the data plate that is on my engine block.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:56 am

Not the European style numbers.
Joel

The GMC CCKW

FRENCH CARGO BODY

FRENCH CARGO BODY

German body

Rebuilt plates

Rebuit plates