The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A late production GMC Model CCKW 353 B2 GS six wheel drive 2 1/2 ton truck with a wood/steel tray and body, soft top cabin and a front bumper bar mounted drum winch. The ten tyres on the vehicle, plus the spare have a non directional bar tread pattern. There are two towing hooks bolted to the bumper bar with a coiled chain attached to the winch. Stencilled to the port side of the bumper bar is white text which reads '4886TC' and 'TRK-17'. Stencilled to the starboard side of the bumper bar is further text which reads, 'LEFT HAND DRIVE' and 'ASCZ'. Overall the vehicle is painted in U.S matt olive drab. There are five pointed white stars in the U.S fashion stencilled to the cabin sides and rear below the tailgate, port side. There is a further large white star stencilled to the centre of the bonnet. Stencilled to both sides of the bonnet is large white text which reads 'U.S.A 4668530-S'. The cabin is a soft top canvas version with a fold out wind shield and no doors. Access is via cutouts on each side of the cabin. The dashboard has five guages: speedometer, oil pressure, fuel, engine temperature and amp meter. The steering wheel is wood with four steel spokes and a central horn button. The seats are two separate bench mounts covered in green canvas. At the rear of the vehicle stencilled to the tailgate is text which reads 'LEFT HAND DRIVE'. On either side of the towing pintle hook is further text which reads 'ASCZ 4886' and 'TRK 17'. The tray floor and upper sides are timber. The lower sides are steel. There are five steel canopy bows spaced evenly along the trays length to support a canvas canopy. The single fuel tank is mounted under the tray, starboard side behind the cabin.
This vehicle has been imported from Europe, ex Dutch army and has no Australian service history. It is a type example representative of the large numbers which served with the Australian Army during the Second World War and Korea.
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