General Patton with his command truck.



This is the same photo that appears in a wooden frame sitting at the rear of General Patton's office truck in the photo above.

NEW QUESTION: I have seen three axle Studebaker semi-tractors but only two axle Chevys pulling semi-trailers. Were there also CCKW's with a missing load box and a fifth wheel put in its' place? Or could these all be simply "field expededient" theatre or reenactor conversions????



Needless to say this makes a great camping trailer to take to reenactments!

There was one built at least



Here's another modern "conversion" :



More pics in this thread

EDIT : just came across more period pics :











H.P.

Frenchy, somehow I knew we could count on you!

A few CCKW underbody details. These are from Patton's Office Deuce but they are common to almost all CCKW's.


View towards the rear (#2 axle) from just below the rear of the cab. The #3 driveshaft goes "over the shoulder" of the #2 axle - there is a bearing "pillow block" mounted to the #2 axle that guides this driveshaft up and over:

The transfer case and the short driveshaft that connects to the transmission - the S curved rods connect to the control levers for the transfer case:

Another shot of the transfer case. In all the photos the rear of the vehicle is to the left:

The emergency brake assembly located on the #2 axle just behind the transfer case:

Axle #2 is in the foreground and the #3 axle is in the distance:

Close up of driveshaft bearing pillow block on #2 axle:
Also shows torque stabilizer arm attached to frame.

View from the rear of the vehicle, this time the #3 axle and differential is in the foreground and the #2 is in the distance:

Suspension and steering links on driver's side of #1 front axle:

Passenger side suspension on the front, #1 axle:
(All under body detail photos Mike Koenig - Patton Museum)

Correction; the emergency Brake assembly is attached to the #3 driveshaft NOT the #2.

my GMC with trailer



will post a few more pictures later, its the tamiya kit with the U-models resin hard top conversion, rear tarp and Ben Hur trailer.

i think these were originally "Masters Production" resin parts that U-model are now producing.


cheers

Keith

Sweet. Did not know about that manufacture of the cloth top. Will be checking into those folks very soon!

You can order their stuff from Blast Models

H.P.

I ordered directly from U-model,although the parts are not listed on there web site, a quick email and they sent me through a PDF file with the whole range on and a price sheet.

ordered via email and then paid via paypal once they had sent me a invoice with the shipping total on.

arrived around a week later, have since ordered a few more bits

HTH

Keith

New detail parts for the CCKW available at:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/215269

Keith, Here's my similar LWB CCKW. I used the Italeri enclosed cab mixed with the Tamiya chassis and load box. I too built the Ben Hur trailer shown elsewhere on this thread

Looking forward to seeing more photos of your build! Please don't forget to show us some more.

hi Michael

looks good, i have a few of the Italeri Hardtops for future projects how good a fit are they to the tamiya chassis?

and a few more pictures







cheers

Keith

I just went back through the entire 18-page thread. Some awesome stuff here guys! I've just come across a hard-cab CCKW-353 that I may end up picking up, depending on a few things. I've only seen a few pics of it, but I'm going to take a look at it when I'm down at my in-laws next time. The cab looks to be in decent shape, but the bed's been removed and there's a makeshift wrecker setup on it. So I've basically got a blank slate. More than likely I will end up setting it up as an AAA unit ammo truck, maybe as a prime mover for an M51 trailer quad if I can find another one...

Keith, I really like the oil spills on the fenders!

thanks Michael

i think it helps break up the solid OD colour

Now I wouldn't mind doing this!

SWB Stude pulling an M18 trailer in front and a White 666 with a 90mm in back!

Here's another project for you Mike

A T5 GMC-Cunningham Half-Track Truck during June 1940 maneuvers :



H.P.

I will be copying the fender oil spill detail - count on it!

Keith, the Italeri cab and hood will slide right onto the Tamiya fenders and doghouse, no prob!

Proud to say that over the past weekend this thread surpassed 32,000 views! Thanks everyone for your interest and your participation.

Mike

Just to keep the fire burning

Postwar French Army truck-mounted control tower in Algeria :





http://www.fort-flatters.com/ff202.htm

Another one used as a chopper platform for a SO-1221 Djinn :





H.P.