Re: Odd WWII GMC or Chevy

From: 69barracuda@mchsi.com
Date: Sun Apr 02 2006 - 19:08:36 PDT


I should add, the body starts at the cowl, not behind the cab.

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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      (OII@II) (II@IIO)
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      [X]\__1968___/[X]
      [X]           [X]        
   

> 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 > > -- > '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] > > > > > 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 > > | > > | > > > > ===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/



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