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Originally Posted by cliff
The vehicle is front is a rare Australian airborne GMC converted from GMC-CCKW352's by Holden in Melbourne for both the US Army and the Australian Forces. The US one's had tipper bodies on them whereas most or all of the Australian ones were just straight cargo bodies. If anyone has any information on these vehicles Please let me know.
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ID Number: 114586
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-25. VIEW OF 10TH ORDNANCE VEHICLE PARK SHOWING JEEPS AND TRUCKS PARKED AMONG WRECKED OIL TANKS.
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Cliff, I found the front half of one of those .. in a wrecking yard at Laurel Hill , near Batlow in NSW. The yard owner let me grab the Aust. brass ID plate from the cab. The cab had a crude pram top like folding bow set up.. it was very crude how they ( GMH ) cut the cabs down.. I believe that they were hard top cabs cut down. Silly me.. I gave the I.D. plate to somebody . My pic of it appeared in a W & T article years ago ..
Mike