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[hrpearce]

I recently bought another blitz, hope to get it home soon.

[Howard]

Ah, the Coolamon one!
I thought that sold some time ago. Well done that man!

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Howard

Ah, the Coolamon one!
I thought that sold some time ago. Well done that man!

You knew it was there and didn't buy it, could have saved me a lot of work.
Saw it on face book buy swap and sell two days later I owned it.

[hrpearce]

I have bought myself a lot of work with this one. Finally brought it home today.
Unusual tray not blitz. Tin beside drivers seat to add more reservoir for the brake fluid.

[motto]

Tray body appears to be from an early model 2-1/2 ton GMC 6x6 CCKW 352 Short Wheelbase truck.
In one of the photos it seems to bolt together. If I am correct and there is a body joint allowing it to be separated into almost equal forward and aft sections it has come from a truck that had been modified to airborne configuration. i.e. For carriage aboard a C47 aircraft. GMH so modified a quantity of these trucks.

David

[Mike Cecil]

Well spotted Dave!

If it is confirmed that it is an airborne tray conversion, it will be a rare survivor.

The GMH conversions were done using hard cab GMCs. The conversion is briefly covered, along with several images, on pages 41 & 42 of 'War Record GMH Ltd Australia'.

I think from memory, GMH converted 140 trucks, but I'd have to check to be sure.

Mike