From: International Movie Services (ims@telus.net)
Date: Fri Apr 29 2005 - 08:29:32 PDT
Just finished putting a 1941 CCW back on the road; Pics to follow. Anyone
know of a CCKW cargo box available in the Pacific Northwest?? Starting on
the next project, a 1943 closed cab, nice shape but no box.
Cheers!
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Bever" <goin_myway@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Bought Open Cab CCKW after reading posting from list
member.
> Steve, Your photo of the Crane CCKW inspired me to
> call up the guy who has the one that I am buying and
> advise him to not remove the crane as I decided to try
> and get the whole thing. I had told him last week
> that I would just take the truck and to go ahead and
> cut the crane off. He is usually pretty quick with
> the torch but fortunitly we have had cold and rainy
> weather over the last week and he had decided to wait
> before firing up his torch. I had made my decision to
> try and save the whole truck last night and then
> couldn't sleep half the night worring that he might
> have already cut the crane off. But an early call this
> morning confirmed that he had not. So I am going to
> try and get the whole unit. It might be something that
> I end up not restoring but figure if I don't someone
> else might get the chance. I know that this one is
> missing the motor in the crane and only the section of
> the crane arm that you see in the photo is left.
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goin_myway/detail?.dir=2b41&.dnm=a80a.jpg&.src=ph
>
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goin_myway/detail?.dir=2b41&.dnm=c762.jpg&.src=ph
>
>
> In your research on this type of unit would you know
> if there are anymore that have survived in the US? Do
> any other MVPA members have a setup like this? Your is
> an open cab and I note that this one is a closed cab.
> Would this have been made special for the military?
> thanks
> Dan Bever
> MVPA 18507
>
> --- Steve & Jeannie Keith <cckw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations !
>>
>> They are a nice truck. You do have some work to do,
>> but it looks
>> like you have a solid truck to start with.
>>
>> The last picture of the crane is that of a
>> Schield-Bantam
>>
>> http://www.cckw.org/weare_2004117.jpg is what my
>> open cab looks like.
>>
>> If you have technical questions, you can get expert
>> help on the cckw
>> site: www.cckw.org
>>
>> Good Luck
>>
>> Steve AKA Dr Deuce(s) [8 of them]
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan Bever" <goin_myway@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
>> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:17 AM
>> Subject: [MV] Bought Open Cab CCKW after reading
>> posting from list member.
>>
>>
>> > Hi List, I just want to thank one of our list
>> members
>> > Tom Woodburn MVPA 16138. Back on 24 March some of
>> you
>> > may recal Tom posted a message regarding an older
>> > Gentleman who had some WWII era trucks that had
>> been
>> > sitting around on his farm for some 20 odd years
>> and
>> > was wanting to get them sold off or scrap them
>> out.
>> > Tom noted that he had one CCKW with a crane on it,
>> 3
>> > Internationals, and a 52 REO. I was pretty busy
>> at
>> > the time with work but managed to call the guy up
>> > about a week later. Turned out he had already
>> > scrapped two of the 2.5 ton internationals but
>> still
>> > had the CCKW with crane, the last remaining 2.5
>> ton
>> > international, and the 52 REO. Upon further
>> discussion
>> > with him on the phone he advised that he also had
>> > another CCKW that was in pretty decent shape that
>> he
>> > had decided he would sell it as well. So I set up
>> to
>> > drive to his place (about 120 miles from my place)
>> to
>> > check out what he had. I went to his place on a
>> > Sunday and ended up buying the open cab CCKW that
>> you
>> > can see in my yahoo photo ablum buy going to this
>> > site:
>> >
>> > http://photos.yahoo.com/goin_myway
>> >
>> > open the album with the red CCKW on it and scroll
>> down
>> > to the bottom of the album. I have 4 photos of it
>> > posted. It turned out that he had bought it from
>> a
>> > local fire department 6 years ago drove it to his
>> farm
>> > and parked it in a barn were it had remained ever
>> > since. I ended up buying it along with an original
>> > type WWII bed and a winch for mounting on the
>> front. I
>> > have not had a chance to do anything with the
>> truck
>> > yet but I know the engine is free and I believe I
>> will
>> > have it running and driving in no time. I also
>> > committed to buying the remaining CCKW and the
>> > International. I just hated to see these trucks
>> end up
>> > being sent to the scrapper. Unfortunitly I could
>> not
>> > save the other two International dueces. I looked
>> at
>> > the 52 REO Gasser which at one time had a LeRoy
>> > Compressor on it but I could not swing getting it.
>> I
>> > got ahold of a guy that probably would have bought
>> it
>> > but he was too late getting ahold of the owner and
>> it
>> > has already been cut up for scrap. Anyhow I wanted
>> to
>> > thank list memeber Tom Woodburn for passing along
>> the
>> > info. It got me to the open cab CCKW of which I am
>> > really happy to get. It also saved at least for
>> parts
>> > or possible restoration the CCKW and the
>> > International. I have not really seen very many
>> > International duces nor have I seen any CCKW open
>> > cabs. Hope you enjoyed this story. There is still
>> > MV's out there in the hills. Forgot to menchin
>> these
>> > trucks were in southern Indiana. I am also trying
>> to
>> > figure out how to post the sites for list members
>> to
>> > click on to see a photo of my truck. So try this
>> site
>> > and see if it works. thanks
>> > Dan Bever
>> > MVPA 18507
>> >
>> >
>>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goin_myway/detail?.dir=/2b41&.dnm=6759.jpg&.src=ph
>> >
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