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Thanks guys, great info!
![]() Now, I really thought I’d got it sussed. The pics that Cletrac first posted proved to me that the 1533 Chev was an open cab truck. Then I got thrown a swerved ball/bowled a googlie (depending on whether you follow baseball or cricket!) by the photo of the LRDG truck, the one with the guy ‘firing’ the Vickers K. If you look at the ‘door post’ near his holster there is a door striker catch. This part at least looks like a cut-down closed cab. I am totally confused now! The 1533’s used by the LRDG appear to have an open cab dash/windshield area (flat like an open cab) but a cut down closed cab rear. For my sanity can anyone offer any comment? |
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![]() Compare this all steel panel on the factory made truck to the photo showing the 'Indian Army' truck which is wood.
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Thanks Cliff for putting me right, very informative. This forum is a great place to increase ones knowledge.
So, if one was to re-create a LRDG Chev, a good start would be to mate an open cab GMC front (converted to RH drive) to a cut down closed cab rear? The reason for asking is that I recently acquired a 1 1/2 ton Chev and was contemplating doing this as a project. Now I better understand how the trucks were first built, it gives me a better idea of the task in hand. Regards to all. |
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I am not 100% certain but I think you will find the open cab GMC-CCKW cowl is totally different to the flat cowl Chev of the same period. For instance the Chev bonnet probably does not fit. The photo below is of a replica LRDG Chev in England I believe.
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Hi Cliff, I live in the UK, but I've yet to get close up to the LRDG Chev that you pictured.
Here is a pic of my truck. ![]() A guy who knows more about GMC's than me reckons the Chev's cab is the same as a GMC one (?). Thus I thought that the GMC open cab cowl would fit. The rear bed is GMC but is obviously not original. The axles are not the same as the LRDG Chev (are they common to other vehicles?) the wheel base is too long and its a left hooker. Apart from that its a runner and the bodywork is in excellent condition! Last edited by Tony R; 27-02-09 at 20:18. |
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the closed cabs were probably the same on the GMC and Chev but a flat faced cowl and the GMC open cab cowl I think you will find are different. Remember the flat faced cowl was an export civilian body.
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