From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 02:35:53 PDT
It sounds like the 1st or 2nd series of GMC shopvans, They were based upon
a COE truck with a schoolbus like body. Very rare
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
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From: <69barracuda@mchsi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Odd WWII GMC or Chevy
>I should add, the body starts at the cowl, not behind the cab.
>
> 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]
>
>
>
>> 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]
>> > |
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