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Steve and Bill's Big Adventure
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:24 pm
by Bill_Wolf
Today was a good day.
It started with the hunt for a CCKW 352 Closed Cab Split with Winch. After getting a wrong address from the seller...Detective Dr. Deuce decided this was the place.
We found the alleged culprit at a LLama farm in the middle of the pouring rain during a severe Thunderstorm.
Here she is and she is now mine....another long term project.
We then went and got my other new truck...
2005 GMC 3500 Crewcab dually Duramax Diesel in silver
A very good day indeed.
"So many trucks....so little time!"
Bill
New trucks
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:34 pm
by Tim Baltz
I don't know which one looks better.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:02 am
by Nick Bombini
Well, there is no doubt about it, you sure are a fan of GMCs old and new. Nice trucks.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:44 am
by rgus
Nice truck...........both of them
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:54 pm
by Degsy
I know which one I like and it isn't silver.Nice project,look forward to seeing pics of the finished article.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:13 am
by armydriver
Nice trucks but I am a fan of the older models myself. The CCKW is in really nice shape.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:09 am
by dr deuce
Here it is raining and we are getting quite wet. I start scrapping the frame for the serial number because the seller does not know where to look. I scrapped, and scrapped but could not find it. Finally I tried lower on the frame and there it was, almost at the bottom bend in the frame. I have never seen one that low before!
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:15 am
by joel gopan
You haven't seen mine yet, it is double struck. These had to have been done by hand on each chassis.
Joel
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:36 am
by armydriver
Nothing un-usual or rare on my truck. The serial number is easily seen stamped on the frame , in the middle , in the usual place.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:15 am
by joel gopan
Remember, there were 562,000 CCKW Chassis Numbers, and it was not a precise job, the spacing and positions all seem to vary. Take a peek at the next show that has a row of CCKWs.
Joel
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:45 am
by dr deuce
All of the ones that I have (8) and others I have looked at seemed to be
pretty much in the same place. I have noticed though that the letters and numbers looking like they were hand stamped because of spacing and alignment.
Bill's new 352 is definately something I have never seen before on a CCKW because it is sooo low on the frame member.
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:06 pm
by joel gopan
Mine's low too, must have been short guys on the crew. There is more to the meaning SWB than is understood.
Joel