Picture of the Week 4/3/2006
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Another great photo Bill and of course the subject matter aint too bad looking either. I love photos of open cab trucks. Thanks.
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Former owner and restorer of CCKW353 " Betty Boop"
proud father of a career Army officer/Blackhawk pilot/ War in Iraq veteran
Retired high school history teacher at Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole CMH High School, Fort Sam Houston Texas
proud great grandson of four Confederate soldiers.
great great grandson of a War of 1812 veteran
great great great grandson of 2 American Revolutionary war veterans
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Open cab composite cargo bed??
The location of the red 2" reflector on the front panel indicates the cargo bed may be a steel composite wood floored? On the Montpelier steel composite bodies the corner reflector was located in the same position.
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I don’t know of you guys noticed it but the front end and the wings are lengthened. I suppose that there is a diesel engine under the hood. Probably economical reasons. The grill is original but it is placed a few inches forward. The super singles are DUKW wheels. You see this more often, because in the war the GMC was sometimes equipped with DUKW wheels for the African desert.
Paul
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The front end looks stock length to me.
Did you notice the pintle hook on the front bumper?
Did you notice the pintle hook on the front bumper?
Dr Deuce Over 50,000 driven miles in a CCKW
1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
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1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
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It is nice to see a 'cocktail' truck as it always nice to see how they evolve
through different use's.
through different use's.
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Nothing is permanent in life, except change.
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Hornets nest...
I didn't mean to raise a "hornets" nest with my question.
I think the weekly lead pictures are great and should be critiqued.
I think the weekly lead pictures are great and should be critiqued.
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Field mod
From time to time discusions regarding what were orgnal and not.
My experience is that we from time to time experience that indiviuals turns up making remarks about this and that werent orignal on our beloved trucks..
The funny thing about that is that these persons very often havent seen a uniform from the inside - or in other words often have not been in armed forces service. My 6 years of service as an officer in the the branch armd. cav. ordn. has thougt me one thing about this:
There are close to none orginal trucks, tanks, or jeeps.
Its orginal in its apperance from the time it's assembled to it's been taken in use by a unit. From the day it's beeing used, small mods begins. And if the unit has special tactical needs, or is in a war zone, the level of field mods just increase -
just look at WW2 pic. from war zones How many "orginal" veichles turns up ?? There ar field mods all over. Why ?
Indivdual needs in the units or by driver makes this happens.
Just rember one of Murphys Laws of combat:
-An Inspection ready unit has never passed combat.
-A combat ready unit has never passed inspection
Because:
-Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder....
My opinion is that restored CCKW with "field" mods that would have been "correct" are cool. Why ? Because a "trailer queen" standard on the restored strictly orginal army truck tends to be a little bit unatural...
Regards
Sturla Holtan
My experience is that we from time to time experience that indiviuals turns up making remarks about this and that werent orignal on our beloved trucks..
The funny thing about that is that these persons very often havent seen a uniform from the inside - or in other words often have not been in armed forces service. My 6 years of service as an officer in the the branch armd. cav. ordn. has thougt me one thing about this:
There are close to none orginal trucks, tanks, or jeeps.
Its orginal in its apperance from the time it's assembled to it's been taken in use by a unit. From the day it's beeing used, small mods begins. And if the unit has special tactical needs, or is in a war zone, the level of field mods just increase -
just look at WW2 pic. from war zones How many "orginal" veichles turns up ?? There ar field mods all over. Why ?
Indivdual needs in the units or by driver makes this happens.
Just rember one of Murphys Laws of combat:
-An Inspection ready unit has never passed combat.
-A combat ready unit has never passed inspection
Because:
-Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder....
My opinion is that restored CCKW with "field" mods that would have been "correct" are cool. Why ? Because a "trailer queen" standard on the restored strictly orginal army truck tends to be a little bit unatural...
Regards
Sturla Holtan
S Holtan
'45 CCKW53 B1, 1619, "minnie"
'45 CCKW53 B1, 1619, "minnie"
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You’re completely right what you said about originality. Also because most ww2 vehicles have been used longer by other nations then the US military. You can make the conclusion that a restored truck with after-war substructure and after-war colors is as original as one restored in ww2 livery.
In my opinion I think it’s very interesting to see how they adapted the trucks to their own requirements, and these trucks must be saved too.
Paul
In my opinion I think it’s very interesting to see how they adapted the trucks to their own requirements, and these trucks must be saved too.
Paul