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01-13-2009, 12:03
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4 Star General
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WWII Studebaker US-6 on GB
Saw this listed on Gunbroker. It's a rare bird - compared to the CCKW, there are only a handful of US-6s left in the states, most of them went over to Russia via Lend-Lease.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=120605973
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01-13-2009, 12:08
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Mike is correct, the US-6 is significantly less common than the CCKW.
That one has some strange mods, like those front fender skirts. I wonder how bad the rear frame is butchered up for that dump box.
US-6/CCKW beds aren't easy to come by either.
Hmmm........ only 1,830 miles from me.
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01-13-2009, 13:44
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Here is one that is available in SE Oregon that is a 1945 model. It has had the frame lengthened so it could have a agricultural bin-type box put on it for hauling sugar beets. The engine had been replaced with a GMC 6-cylinder which bit the dust in about '97 and has been sitting ever since. I think the guy would take $500-$750 for it.
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01-13-2009, 14:06
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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tough looking trucks... wish I had the time and space.
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01-13-2009, 15:15
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So were they used for things like the CCKW? Another verison or a troop carrier/cargo truck ?
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01-13-2009, 15:18
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Yes. The ones sent to Russia were used for cargo, but a lot were also modifed as rocket-launching trucks called "Stalin's Organs". Sent wave after wave of unguided rockets at the Germans.
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01-13-2009, 15:35
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Oh ok , I got ya now .
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01-14-2009, 00:59
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Colonel
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania (central PA)
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And I thought the M35 had a strange shift pattern.
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01-14-2009, 01:31
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2 Star General
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sonoran Desert, AZ
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That 1st gear must be a compound low.
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01-14-2009, 08:12
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4 Star General
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The Russians acknowledged very little of what we did for them in WWII
But they loved the US-6 so much that they did send a letter of appreciation to Studebaker
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