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Thanks for a warm welcome !

OK , will do so , give me couple of days to look for the TM in one of my boxes!

The truck is dated 15 -3-1944 , so I assume this truck came to Europe (France) very short after the Normandy invasion Frame nr : CCKW 353 383409--I

Oh yes it is , cab needs some attention , as does the floor (they usually do , but for the rest , a very complete truck , not to mention about the tools and equipment , that's always disapeared

Tools still can be found , if one knows what to look for. It'll take some time to get it all completed.I have the TM where all is explained what goes with the truck , quite a big list !!

We also have a Ford Canada , which served as a gun tractor for the 25 pounder gun and its limber The back of the truck has been cut off to serve in the forrestry in its civilian life , so this will have to be reconstructed.My friend has the same truck , with the rear body reconstructed , very...

Some photos of the restoration (Brill trailer)

I may not complain , altough I'm collecting for about 40 years. The idea was to establish some kind of museum , I live on a former battlefield of WW 1 and 2.some heavy fighting took place here (3 German graves on my yard from 1940 to 1942 , when they were reburried on a central graveyard)Aboutb...

Some photos of the ongoing restoration of the GMC tool set , closed van.

Thanks , I'look for some more photos of the restoration of the trailer.

The front bumper on that Jimmy is something special , left & right a stabilizing jack , and left & right of the winch there are 2 studs which holds the tubular poles for hoisting facilitys , the fuel tank is a special model as wel , filler tube after the back cab panel. Battery box is cut out...

Hi , Fuel cans are very common around here , American , British or German cans , you'll find them at every farm or factory. I only bought some when starting my collection , all the rest were given to me by people who knew I was collecting them. Last year , about 30 cans were brought in by a...

Brill and Freuhauf trailers are getting rare nowadays , after a life in the military , farmers were happy to achieve the very strong low platform, 4 wheeled trailer for a further use in civilian life. So far we found 2 trailers (with lots of work to be done) , but to valuable to go to the scrap...

This was my second MV , a 1943 Willys MB , we bought it nearly 20years ago .At that time it was marked as a Military Police vehicle , altough we repainted it in British camouflage scheme (Mickey Mouse camouflage) , to the needs of our reenactment group , The 1st Belgian Field Battery . We...

My CCKW 353 , cargo with our Maxson Quadruple .50 cal on a Brill trailer Pictures taken on our local show "Camp Virginia"

The car park consists out of 3 hard cab's -1 of them with the symetrical front grill(no black-out light) , and 3 canvas cabbed trucks , of which 1 of them is a work shop , with folding down sidepanels to be used as workbenches , labeled as mechanical repair truck , produced by the Schnabel...

New guy around ! Hi , I'm a new member on this forum , which I discovered while looking for information on the net , for the restoration of my 1944 GMC CCKW 353 toolset. I've got a WILLYS , GMC cargo , Dodge WC 63( in restoration) , and some trailers , Bantam 1/4 ton , Ben Hur (steel) , Maxson...