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Originally posted by GMC
We don't really know what "we are meant to be asking" (if that makes sense...), but if you have any info to aid us in it's restoration, or of what sort of history it may have had, that would be really great!
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All right, Alison:
- Tracing an individual vehicle's history is very difficult, next to impossible really.
- As for restoration, how far back to authentic do you want to go? The diesel engine should be replaced by a GMC 270 cu.in. engine, basically the same as in the ubiquitious GMC CCKW truck of WW2 vintage. Not a problem finding one of these.
The rear body, including the floor, needs to refabricated as the chance of finding a spare one is virtually nil - it's very often missing from trucks who have had a hard life in civvy street. If you are a good machinist, everything is possible, also because it's constructed mainly from flat plate. A huge job, that's for sure. Maybe just leave it and enjoy it as it is?
Regards,
Hanno