Hi everybody
I just found this forum whe I searched the web for help with my GMC. My name is Uwe, I live in Mittbach, that in upper Bavaria, Germany. I have a CCKW 353 open cab that I use for WWII re-enacting and for driviing around just for fun. I bought the truck in 2000 as a replacement for the M-35A2 that I had before. I always wanted a WWII vehicle and when I found this one for a bagin price I just grapped it. Over the years I have made quite many repairs to the truck but it was never fully restored. It was built in 1944 and after the war was copltetely overhauled in 1950 by a US Army depot in Waiblingen Germany. The plate is still in the cockpit. After that it was ahnded over to the Norwegians who kept in in good shape until 1990. The truck was repainted by me and many small things were done to it but basically it's still in the 1950 condition. I have completely rebuilt the brakes over the last two years and just today overhauled the hydrovac.
Have a look here:
My "unit" so to speak is the 2ndAD Europe team, a loose but big group of really great guys who share the same aproach to the hobby; Do it Right!
http://www.2ndarmoredineurope.com/
cheers
Uwe
cheers
Uwe
Hello from Bavaria
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Welcome aboard Uwe and thanks for the introduction, you have a fine looking truck there. Mine too is ex Norwegian, they sdure did know how to look after them!
Best wishes.
jack.
Best wishes.
jack.
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Herzliches Willkommen Uwe!
Where is the "2nd Armored in Europe" club based? Isn't it in the UK?
They will cross the Normandy this July. Will you be with them?
What about the WWII US reenacting in Germany? Are there many clubs? Are there any events in Germany or do you come to the french and Belgian events?
Oh, well... enough questions for the moment!
Where is the "2nd Armored in Europe" club based? Isn't it in the UK?
They will cross the Normandy this July. Will you be with them?
What about the WWII US reenacting in Germany? Are there many clubs? Are there any events in Germany or do you come to the french and Belgian events?
Oh, well... enough questions for the moment!
1942 GMC CCKW 353 cargo closed cab with steel bed
1943 Dodge WC 63 (6x6)
1944 Jeep Willys
1943 steel Ben Hur trailer
194? 1 ton Buffalo water trailer
194? 1/4 ton Bantam trailer
Link to see my vehicules: http://ledog.forumgmc.com
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Wow Uwe, that is one fine looking truck you have there. Welcome to the board.
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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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Re: Hello from Bavaria
Servus,Nico hier,hast du deinen CCKW noch?Bin in Miesbach und hab vor kurzem einen 352 gekauft,vielleicht kann man sich ja mal treffen?Schönes Wochenende,Nico