MCP 42 Chev on Facebook Market Place Australia

[Mike K]

hi Dave

Hmm doesn't look military to me but the truck appears to be a wartime Lend-Lease Chev . The little military blackout lights give it away plus the single piece glass door windows. GM-H usually fitted their own stake side cargo body onto these LL trucks .


Many people mistakenly refer to any 1941 to 47 Chev truck as a 'Lend-Lease' Chev. The true Lend-Lease Chev has a Nth. American cab with many detail differences to the GM-H version. The engines can differ too with the LL trucks usually having a 235ci splash motor , many of the GM-H models have the smaller 216ci motor . I had a army 1941 Chev with the GM-H cab and Aust. army nomenclature stenciled on the firewall , it had the 216 motor fitted which I am almost 100% sure was original to the truck.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

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