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GMC AFKX 354 (french Contract)
Does anyone have any pictures of the inside cab ?
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Interior
I think the NMM Library at Beaulieu may still have driver's handbooks..they sent me years ago a copy of a 1940 COE cab layout drawing from a book that must have been one supplied to GM Ltd or Vauxhalls when new as part of the dollar purchase for books and parts for the ex-French diverted contracts.
Or post a note on this forum as the cabs should be the same as the civvy version: http://oldgmctrucks.infopop.cc/eve |
Is this "G628 GMC, 2 1/2 ton, 6X4 Truck, Searchlight, AFKX-354 (5 seat cab)"?
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It should be! Or a clone! I have a photo taken in December 1941 of a semi-derelict one at GM Limited in Bamber Bridge, awaiting rebuild, minus front end! They were of course obsolete and I gather rebuilt as G/S lorries or sold off to essential civilian users.
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Hanno,
Yes that's the type of truck, I'm looking for photo's! Have you any of the right hand side? |
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The only view of the RHS I have is a scan from Barts Book.
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Pic of dash board founded !
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Hello
I just found the pic you are looking for. If you want more explaination about the life of these kind of truck and if you are able to read french so you can buy "VEHICULE MILITAIRE MAGAZINE" Number 21. It contents 6 pages with pics of the vehicle and only one pic of the dash board. Regards |
Another pic of afwx 354
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Hello ANTHONY
I send you two other pics of the truck. One showing the right side and the other the left side. Nevertheless in the paper there are no pic of the rear of the inner cab except the dash board. I think it sould have a seat for the crew Regards |
GMC AFKX and GMC AFWX
Hello
I thing that Mister HANNO SPOELSTRA and me have done a confusion about these truck. I believe that ANTHONY was looking for pic of GMC AFKX witch is a 4X4 truck with generally two configurations : either with an enclosed body (cab and body making a panel) or with and enclosed cab and a separate body ofen with an air compressor. The front end of two are the same. GMC AFWX like the one displayed by HANNO and me are 6X4 trucks delivered to french army with a searchlight (Some of them have stayed in ENGLAND and the few which arrived in FRANCE were used by german as "FARHSHULE" ; (I own a pic in german hand). In the twice cases (AFKX and AFWX) the dashboard is the same and from civilian origin. I know that a GMC AFKX panel has been restored in ENGLAND. I own a pic in NORMANDY 1994 but not the inside. regards |
Could it be ....
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One of these but a GS body rather then the radio box body that is required?
This is the long wheel base version (353 or 354) but there is a short wheel base version as well (352) |
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The article also includes some rare pictures of two of them in US service in Normandie......even one embarking on one of the Mulberry harbours. Alex |
More pics of afwx
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Hello ALEX
It's a good thing that you can read "VEHICULES MILITAIRES MAGAZINE" in NETHER LAND. About these kind of trucks builded at the begin of world war two , there denomination using letters helps to a have a good identification of them. So :letter A mean the year of conception F : means that the truck own a cab over engine K : means that the front axle may be driven (after pushing a level) W : means that the truck owns two rear axles X : I suppose that there were experimental but I am not sure I join the pic of an AFWX landing in NORMANDY and an other used as FARHSHULE. In the text it is say that there were used by german army to learn the driving of american truck. Regards |
Nomenclature
This is from my notes:
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Drawings
There are some Official (?) drawings of various GMC models on William Marshall's Webshots Album here http://news.webshots.com/album/181012271UcuRkt when viewing 12 to a page they are on pages 17 & 18. These have helped me get a clearer understanding of the various models discussed here.
Thanks to Hanno who originally posted the link elswhere [in the Armour section], some interesting stuff in there. Noel |
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An AFWX-354 has surfaced in France:
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Interesting - yet another truck that seems to have mis-matched data plate (serial 505) and frame (serial 513). There's probably no way to tell whether it was the result of an in-service overhaul or a much later event (though the rivets/screws holding the plate in place don't look recent and the green paint on the surround also covers part of the data plate...)
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