The GMC CCKW

hello everybody
olivier from france l just found an 352 airportable , stay 10 years in wood , start after little check ignition , it's french rebuild, cab and rear bed (steel early model) not correct , somebody have photo of correct rear bed , l think it's wood bed or composite , cut in 2 ways?
thanks for your help and sorry for my bad english
olivier

Oliver. your English is just fine, a whole lot better than my French. That is a real rarity and a great find. There are some photos of a wooden bed truck in the Weare Vally Section 2005 under WWII vehicles.
Good luck with your truck, it is really a nice one.

Hi Olivier
Welcome
All airborne cargo trucks have composite beds
I did not know that any 352s were converted to "split frames"other than the prototype with a hard cab.

Hope this helps
John

thanks for your reply , composite bed it's hard to find and l never saw mounted on SWB , check your photos files
thanks
olivier

Hi Olivier
Great find well done on your rare find, restore this beauty.

Greetings Olivier.

On my other site I have a somewhat blog of my vehicle restorations.

I started to restore my CCKW air-portable 353 last summer. There are some pictures of the composite bed on this page.

http://www.armyfiretrucks.com/restoration_cckw.htm



Good Luck with your project.

Bill

I m with army driver . We understand what your saying just fine. and like john cliche I had never seen any mention of an airborne 352 with open cab , A fantastic find and Glad you have saved it .It might be a one of a kind. Hope you are able to restore and enjoy driving that rare jewel .

Hi everybody, there were over 400 airborn versions build with
short-wheelbase. this was written by the late Bart Vanderveen in his magazine Wheels and Tracks, No 22 to be more precisely. The article also contained a picture of an example wih open cab, winch and wooden body.

Greetings Paul

hello
thanks for your help , l 'll bought a copy and looking for rear wood bed
olivier

hello
found rear wood bed , just need to change wood floor , all other parts ok
sincirely
olivier



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bed is in very good condition for its age I have the same bed on my 352 good luck with it

Congratulations on finding the correct bed! Keep us informed on your restoration of the rare truck!!

hello
last found , removed from junky truck !!!!
an airborne dash board










now looking for pic of spare wheels rack , l think upper is removable like dash board
thanks
olivier

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An extra open cab instrument cluster.

hello
thanks Fernando , l have complete instruments cluster
olivier