Re: Odd WWII GMC or Chevy

From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 02:42:06 PDT


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Steve AKA Dr Deuce

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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
>
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