Black Diamond Trail: C8AX to North Africa
 

This C8AX - labelled as a "1943 Chevrolet 8-cwt 4x2 (rear wheel drive) military truck" - will take part in a historic expedition to North Africa.

Read more at http://blackdiamondtrail.org.nz/

http://blackdiamondtrail.org.nz/images/CMP_03.jpg

And read another group of Kiwis going to Egypt here: http://www.wdrg.org/index.html

Kuno
 

I see our own Kuno is on the crew.

http://blackdiamondtrail.org.nz/images/crew_kuno_g.JPG

There's a tell tale bump on that axle.
 

The truck has the 4WD axle housing fitted, though may have the drive shafts removed? This would not reduce the weight by much compared with a beam axle.

Interesting trip, but I worry about the weight on those 8cwt front springs. The NZ Army rated them as 15cwt and sometimes 1 ton post war, but there is a fair bit of kit listed, together with the 4 person crew. We know the front springs were beefed up on the late production C8A.

I wish them well

Rob