Chevrolet 1533X2 30-cwt trucks

[Tony R]

I wonder if anyone can help me please? I am looking for any photographs of the original Chevrolet 1533X2 30cwt trucks circa 1942 prior to conversion by the LRDG. I recently found this picture on the web, it purports to come from that excellent BBC series ‘The World at War’, episode 8.

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http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...evoriginal.jpg

If it is pre-conversion truck then it clearly starts out life as an open cab truck. I originally thought that they were closed cab trucks that the LRDG modified by, amongst other things, cutting the roofs off in a similar way to the Chevy WB’s that they used. In the photograph below you can clearly see where the windscreen pillars/posts of this surviving LRDG WB have been cut off. However as far as I know you don’t see this on the 1533’s.

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http://www.lrdg.de/v_wb3.jpg

My guess is, therefore, that the 1533's started out as open cab trucks. But that is only my guess. There are much more knowledgeable guys out there than me.

It would be great to hear from anyone who has photographs of the original 1533 trucks and also whether anyone can shed any light on the World at War image.

Thanks!