Re: Odd WWII GMC or Chevy

From: 69barracuda@mchsi.com
Date: Sun Apr 02 2006 - 19:00:58 PDT


That's the cab...but graft on a standard passenger bus like body on with a
single dual wheel axle out back. I think it had a single swinging door on the
pass side, not a bi-fold like current buses do.

And it has the brush guard too (or did the last time I saw it)

Rob

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'68 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback
'69 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback
'69 Dart 270 4dr 
'05 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
'03 GMC Savanah 3500
'47 Farmall "H"
'67-'69 Barracuda Owners Group
MVPA #17365
Ridgecrest Ca.
Ebay ID "68barracuda225"
   
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> http://www.vehiclesofvictory.com/ > > Did it look like this? > > APB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <69barracuda@mchsi.com> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:47 PM > Subject: [MV] Odd WWII GMC or Chevy > > > | Lurker Rob here > | > | A while back I spied a strange looking C.O.E GMC bus looking thing lurking > in a > | small town out here in the Mojave Desert. At least I think it's a GMC, > maybe a > | Chevy 1.5 T based. Anyway, it looks like a bus, is 4 wheel drive, has the > blunt > | snout of a COE, wire mesh screen over the windows...and packed full of > cr*p, > | sitting in a yard full of more stuff. I didn't have my camera with me or I > | would have snapped a pic of it. It looks very WWII ish..still OD under all > the > | dirt and grime and still had a star on it's nose (I think, it was pretty > hard > | to tell) > | > | If SWMBO and the budget ever lets me have another OD toy it has to be > | usefull...so, with a big family, a bus like vehicle (A Carryall or Command > car > | is out of the question due to the Barret-Jackson like prices) would fit > the > | bill. > | > | The next time I'm in the area I'll snap some pics of it, but if anybody > has any > | idea what the heck I'm blathering on about....or a link to a photo (I've > | scoured the CCKW page and everything else Google yakked up...nada, zip, > zilch!) > | I'd appreciate it. > | > | Thanks in advance > | > | Rob > | > | -- > | '68 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback > | '69 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback > | '69 Dart 270 4dr > | '05 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited > | '03 GMC Savanah 3500 > | '47 Farmall "H" > | '67-'69 Barracuda Owners Group > | MVPA #17365 > | Ridgecrest Ca. > | Ebay ID "68barracuda225" > | > | __________ > | / \ > | /____________\ > | ______I I______ > | (OII@II) (II@IIO) > | ================= > | [X]\__1968___/[X] > | [X] [X] > | > | > | ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> > | To reach a human, contact <ackyle@gmail.com> > | Visit the searchable archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/ > | > | > | -- > | No virus found in this incoming message. > | Checked by AVG Free Edition. > | Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 3/31/2006 > | > | >



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