Sooke, BC Canada

1952 GMC Pickup, 9300 model which is the 1/2 Ton Series Designation used for GMCs in Canada. GMC, formerly the General Motors Truck Company, or the GMC Truck & Coach Division (of General Motors Corporation), is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) that primarily focuses on trucks and utility vehicles. GMC currently makes SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and light-duty trucks, catered to a premium-based market. In the past, GMC also produced fire trucks, ambulances, heavy-duty trucks, military vehicles, motorhomes, transit buses, and medium duty trucks.

Pickup trucks are interesting vehicles. They are thought up to bring utility to the table for workers, and that’s still true today. Although they’re no longer reserved for farmers and hauling building materials today, the trend of the truck becoming the ‘every mans’ vehicle really did begin in the 1950s. Another thing that happened in the mid-1950s was every vehicle becoming a lot more stylish, and the Americana love of the automobile got stronger than ever before. Back around the mid-1950s, the pickup started to gain more style and creature comforts, attracting a larger customer base - they were no longer just dedicated workhorses.

While the United States had the GMC 3100, Canada got a nearly identical variant of the truck in the form of a 9300 GMC. This particular example is an outstanding original representative of this line of GMC trucks. And when we say original, we mean original truck.

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At Fire Station 1 - Ambleside

Midway through the 1936 model year, the cabs on Chevrolet trucks underwent a design change. Trucks produced during the first half of the model year were built with a square cab design popular in truck lines for over a decade. At mid-year, Chevrolet began building a more rounded cab body reflective of automotive styling trends in the mid-30s, along with the styling of many competitors trucks. The more squared cabs became known as "high cabs" while the more rounded cabs were known as "low cabs."

Photographed at the 10th Annual Riverfront Cruise-In and Car Show in Havana, Illinois on August 11, 2012.

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Photographed in 2014 outside the historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. The Driskill is the oldest operating hotel in Austin, and the 1886 Cafe & Bakery at The Driskill Hotel is one of the city's leading bakeries.

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Parked next to Fire Station No. 1.

Photographed at the Route 66 Cruisers Halloween Cruise-In at the Rock 'n Roll Hardee's in Springfield, Illinois on October 24, 2010.

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On a lunch break.

Photographed at the 2014 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 26-28, 2014.

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Photographed at the 65th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 6, 2014.

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Photographed at the 1st Annual Scheels & Shields Fundraiser Emergency Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on May 5, 2012. The event is sponsored by Scheels, Quaker Steak & Lube, and the Police Car Owners of America, and benefits the Wounded Warrior Project.

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Parked on my street this morning.

The power wagon for the parks department.

Photographed at the 64th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 7, 2013.

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Parked on St. Georges yesterday evening.

Photographed at the Early Ford V-8 Club of America 2014 Central National Meet in Springfield, Illinois on August 19-22, 2014.

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Photographed at the 28th Annual Delavan Fall Festival Open Car Show in Delavan, Illinois on September 3, 2012.

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Parked behind the fire station last August.

Photographed at the Annual Fred Britenstine Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show on the Square in Virden, Illinois on June 18, 2011.

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Photograph shows the Quad Runners Race Cars Kiddie Ride, which was set up on Florida Avenue in Palm Harbor.

This ride is owned by Arnolds Amusements, Inc. and they call themselves: "The Finest Midway for Family Entertainment". They call this Ride, the Quad Runners Kiddie Ride.

The Cars run on a Diamond Plate Metal Surface for Traction.

I had gone to Downtown Palm Harbor that Morning to get a Haircut and was surprised to see the Carnival had been set up on several streets on several city blocks in Palm Harbor.

I normally park on the Florida Avenue very close to the Barber Shop (between 12th & 11th Streets), however I had to park two blocks away because the carnival completely occupied the street in front of the Barber Shop & for several blocks around it. Luckily, I had my Camera with me (so after my Haircut), I strolled around the area taking Photographs of the Carnival Attractions, which were still being Set-Up !

Photographed at the 65th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 6, 2014.

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Photographed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 2nd Annual Car Cruise and Cookout in Taylorville, Illinois on June 1, 2013.

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Photographed at the Third Annual New Salem Shrine Club Car Show in Petersburg, Illinois on September 20, 2014. The car show is held in conjunction with the Petersburg Harvest Fest celebration.

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Photographed at the 29th Annual Nostalgic Indoor Invitational Auto Show at Avanti's Dome in Pekin, Illinois on March 30, 2013. The show is presented by the Early Ford V-8 Club of America Regional Group #51.

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Photographed at the 18th Annual Cruise Night Car Show in Jacksonville, Illinois on September 20, 2014.

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Photographed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 2nd Annual Car Cruise and Cookout in Taylorville, Illinois on June 1, 2013.

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Creator: Unidentified.

Location: Ayr, Queensland.

Description: Lone gentleman in the middle is flanked by two women each side, seated on the tray of a truck. They are all wearing wonderful hats. Collection reference: 6268 J Kenneth Brown Photograph Albums.

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Photographed at the 64th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 7, 2013.

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Utility car H22 Dutch nickname: ʿStofzuiger’ (vacuum cleaner) enters the depot Lijsterbesstraat. Notice the two zinc garbage bins in The Hague subsequently named: ‘asemmer’ (bin for ashes) the waste collector (asman) and his truck already finished their cycle.

Parked behind the fire station last August.

Land Rover Defender. Car Candid USA Collection. 2016.

Photographed at the 2013 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 27-29, 2013.

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My brother, one of my sons, and I spent a couple of days putting in new fence-posts and paving around my mother's home.

The Bedford OY is an Army Truck built by Bedford for the British Armed Forces and introduced in 1939, it was based on Bedford's 'O-Series Commercial Vehicles' with a modified front end and single rear tyres. It was designed for a 3 ton payload. The OYD was a General Service Vehicle, while the OYC was a Tanker version for carrying water or petrol. These vehicles were widely used during, and after, World War Two but were later superseded by the Bedford RL.

The OX was a short-wheelbase version of the OY, designed for a 30 cwt (1.5 ton) payload, it had a semi-forward cab that resembled the 15 cwt Bedford MW. The OXD was a General Service Vehicle with a 8ft x 6ft x 2ft 3in tall body, while the OXC was designed, in association with Scammell, for use with a Semi-Trailer. In the early part of the War, the addition of an Armoured Body to the OXD gave the Bedford OXA (official designation "Lorry 30cwt Anti-Tank") these were used for Home Defence duties.

VARIANTS -

▪︎OYD - General Service Truck

▪︎OYC - Tanker / Bowser

▪︎OXA - Armoured Body

(Derived Non-Military vehicles using OY and OX chassis)

▪︎OWS - 5 ton short wheelbase

▪︎OWL - 5 ton long wheelbase

▪︎OWB - 32 seat bus.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS -

▪︎Manufacturer: Bedford (General Motors)

▪︎Production: 1939 to 1953

▪︎Number Built: 72,385 (1940 to 1945)

▪︎Assembly: Luton

▪︎Class: Military Vehicle

▪︎Body Style: Flatbed / Tanker / Bowser

▪︎Powerplant: Bedford 6-cylinder type WD petrol, 3,519cc 72hp at 3,000rpm

▪︎Transmission: 4-speed manual

▪︎Mass: 6.46 long tons / Length: 20ft 5in / Width: 7ft 2in / Height: 10ft 2in

▪︎Electrical System: 12 volt

▪︎Brakes: Hydraulic with vacuum servo assistance

▪︎Tyres: 10.50x16

▪︎Fuel Capacity: 32 Imperial gallons

▪︎Range: 280 miles

▪︎Maximum Speed: 40mph

▪︎Successor: Bedford TA.

Information sourced from - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_OY

My brother, one of my sons, and I spent a couple of days putting in new fence-posts and paving around my mother's home.

C. and our youngest son also helped with the demolition of the old fence/paving.

A most classic meeting on the St. Pieters Station Square, a utility vehicle for the overhead wire system and a while ago since ordered from the factory even in 1966.

Photographed at the 29th Annual Nostalgic Indoor Invitational Auto Show at Avanti's Dome in Pekin, Illinois on March 30, 2013. The show is presented by the Early Ford V-8 Club of America Regional Group #51.

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Photographed at the 65th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 6, 2014.

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The GMC CCKW, also known as ''Jimmy'', or the G-508 by its Ordnance Supply Catalog number, was a highly successful series of Off-Road capable, 2 1⁄2-ton, 6×6 Trucks, built in large numbers to a standardized design between 1941 to 1945 for the U.S. Army, that saw heavy service, predominantly as Cargo Trucks, in both World War Two and the Korean War. The original ''Deuce and a Half'' it formed the backbone of the famed ''Red Ball Express'' that kept Allied Armies supplied as they pushed eastward after the Normandy invasion.

The CCKW came in many variants, including open or closed cab, long wheelbase (LWB) CCKW-353 and short (SWB) CCKW-352, and over a score of specialized models, but the bulk were standard, General Purpose Cargo models. A large minority were built with a front mounted winch, and one in four of the cabs had a Machine-Gun mounting ring above the Co-Driver's position.

Of the almost 2.4 million trucks that the U.S. Army bought between 1939 and December 1945, across all payload weight classes, some 812,000, or just over one third, were 2 1⁄2-ton trucks. GMC's total production of the CCKW and its variants, including the 2 1⁄2-ton, 6x6, Amphibious DUKW, and the 6x4, 5-ton (on-road) CCW-353, amounted to some 572,500 units, almost a quarter of the total World War Two U.S. truck production, and 70% of the total 2 1⁄2-ton trucks. GMC's total of ~550,000 purely 6x6 models, including the DUKW, formed the overwhelming majority of the ~675,000 six by six 2 1⁄2-ton trucks, and came in less than 100,000 shy of the almost 650,000 World War Two Jeeps. Additionally, GM built over 150,000 units of the CCKW's smaller brother, the 1 1⁄2-ton, 4x4 Chevrolet G506, at the same factory. The GMC CCKW began to be phased out, once the M35 series trucks were first deployed in the 1950's, but remained in active U.S. service until the mid-1960's. Eventually, the M35 series, originally developed by REO Motors, succeeded the CCKW as the U.S. Army's standard 2 1⁄2-ton, 6x6 Cargo Truck.

The name CCKW comes from GMC model nomenclature:-

** ''C'' - designed in 1941

** ''C'' - conventional cab

** ''K'' - all-wheel drive

** ''W'' - dual rear axles

** ''X'' experimental chassis / non-standard wheelbase (first 13,188 units)

In 1939-1940 the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps was developing 2 1⁄2 short tons load-rated 6x6 Tactical Trucks that could operate off-road in all weather. General Motors, already supplying modified commercial trucks to the Army, modified the 1939 ACKWX (built for the French Army) into the CCKW. The General Motors design was chosen by the Army and went into production at GM'S Yellow Truck and Coach Division's Pontiac, Michigan plant alongside 6x4 CCW's. Later they were also manufactured at GM's St. Louis, Missouri Chevrolet plant.

Sources do not precisely agree on the total numbers of CCKW's built by the end of production in 1945. Ware (2010) lists one single number of 562,750 of CCKW trucks, built across all variants (presumably including the amphibian DUKW) more clearly specified numbers are provided by Sunderlin in Army Motors magazine, and by Jackson, using the numbers found in the 1946 revision of the U.S. Military's Summary Report of Acceptances, Tank-Automotive Materiel. Sunderlin reports a total of 528,829 of 2 1⁄2-ton 6x6 units (excluding the DUKW) produced by GMC, versus a total of 527,168 accepted by the U.S. Army. Jackson's tabulation of the 1946 U.S. acceptances numbers adds up to 524,873 units, excluding the DUKW's and the ACKWX predecessor models. Both of these numbers still include the cab-over engine AFKWX-353 models, leaving a total of some 518,000–519,000 actual CCKW-352 and CCKW-353 units. In addition, GMC serial numbers indicate a production of 23,500 of the same bodied 6x4 CCW models, versus 23,649 units accepted by U.S. Ordnance. In any case, GM / GMC built a total of 2 1⁄2-ton, 6-wheeled trucks that was second only to the World War Two ''Jeep'' and neither Ford nor Willys individually built as many Jeeps during the war.

▪︎Type: 2 1⁄2-ton 6×6 Cargo Truck

▪︎Place of Origin: United States

▪︎Designer: Yellow Truck and Coach Company

▪︎Designed: 1941

▪︎Manufacturer: Yellow Truck and Coach Company / GMC Truck and Coach Division / Chevrolet ▪︎Produced: 1941 to 1945

▪︎Number Built: Grand Total = ~572,500, including all variants, CCKW specific = ~518,000 / LWB CCKW-353 = ~464,000 / SWB CCKW-352 = ~54,000 / plus ~54,500 non CCKW

▪︎Variants: 1939 ACKWX = 2,466 units / C.O.E. AFKWX = 7,235 units / 6x4 CCW-353 = 23,649 units / DUKW Amphibious =21,147 units

▪︎Mass: (353 Cargo w/winch) 8,800lb empty / 16,400lb loaded

▪︎Length: 22ft 6in / Width: 7ft 4in / Height: 7ft 9in to cab / 9ft 1in overall

▪︎Powerplant: GMC 270 straight-6 engine, 91.5hp at 2,750rpm / 104hp at 2,750rpm

▪︎Transmission: 5 speed x 2 range transfer case

▪︎Suspension: Beam axles on leaf springs

▪︎Fuel Capacity: 40 U.S gallons

▪︎Operational Range: 300 miles

▪︎Maximum Speed: 45mph.

Taken from Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_CCKW_2%C2%BD-ton_6%C3%976_truck

Photographed at the 2013 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 27-29, 2013.

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Photographed at the 2014 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 26-28, 2014.

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Photographed at the 18th Annual Cruise Night Car Show in Jacksonville, Illinois on September 20, 2014.

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Photographed at the Cool Cruisers Car Club Steak-N-Shake Cruise-In in Springfield, Illinois on September 17, 2011.

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In the apparatus bays at Fire Station No. 1.

1941-1945 WILLYS MB

The U.S. Army requested a vehicle, and drove off in a ''Hero'' the Willys MB, its spirit forged by the fire of combat and honed in the heat of battle, seared its way into the hearts of warriors fighting for freedom. Fierce emotional bonds often developed between a Soldier and his ''Jeep'' 4x4. The faithful little MB earned a place in every GI's heart, in every area of combat, in every conceivable role. The tough, simple Jeep 4x4 became the GI's best friend, second only to his Rifle. One Jeep MB was even awarded a Purple Heart and sent home. General George C. Marshall, U.S Army Chief of Staff during World War Two, and later U.S. Secretary of State, described the Jeep 4x4 as ''America's greatest contribution to modern warfare'' Scripps Howard World War Two reporter Ernie Pyle once said, ''It did everything. It went everywhere. Was a faithful as a dog, as strong as a mule, and as agile as a goat. It constantly carried twice what it was designed for and still kept going''.

The Willys MB started a revolution in the use of Small Military Motor Vehicles in the U.S. Army, horses along with motorcycles, solo and side car, were rendered obsolete almost immediately. The all-purpose Willys MB was amazingly versatile, they could be fitted with .30 or .50 caliber Machine Guns for combat and were also widely modified for long-range desert patrol, snow plowing, telephone cable laying, saw milling, as fire-fighting pumpers, field ambulances, tractors and, with suitable wheels, would even run on railway tracks.

Willys MB's could be loaded into transport aircraft for rapid deployment and were also small enough to fit into the large gliders used in the D-Day Invasion of Europe, over the course of the war, customised field kits were developed for winter and desert conditions, deep-water fording and other combat needs.

Although the Willys MB was not the first four-wheel-drive vehicle, the Go Anywhere, Do Anything vehicle, but it did influenced every 4x4 built in its wake. The New York Museum of Modern Art includes a Military Jeep Brand 4x4 in its display of eight automobiles and regarded it as “one of the very few genuine expressions of machine art.”

Willys MB / Ford GPW:-

▪︎ Type: 1⁄4 ton 4x4 Utility Truck

▪︎ Place of origin: United States

▪︎ In service: 1941 until varying per country

▪︎ Used by: USA and its allies of World War Two

▪︎ Wars: World War Two, Korean War, Various post 1945 conflicts

▪︎ Designer: Karl Probst, Delmar G. Roos

▪︎ Designed: 1940 through early 1942

▪︎ Manufacturer: Willys-Overland (MB) / Ford (GPW)

▪︎ Produced: 1941 to 1945

▪︎ Number built: World War Two total = 647,925 including pre-production units – Willys MB: 359,489 / Ford GPW: 277,896

▪︎ Variants: Ford GPA ''Seep'' 12,778

▪︎ Specifications: (MB and GPW same)

▪︎ Mass: 2,453lb, curb weight (with engine fluids and full fuel) 2,337lb dry weight

▪︎ Length: 132 1⁄4 inch

▪︎ Width: 62 inch

▪︎ Height overall with top up: 69 3⁄4 inch reducible to 52 inch

▪︎ Crew: 3 to 4

▪︎ Main armament: designed to mount .30 or .50 caliber Machine Guns swiveling on post between front seatbacks

▪︎ Secondary armament: towing 37mm Anti-Tank Gun

▪︎ Engine: 2.2 litre Inline 4 Willys L134 ''Go Devil'' 60hp

▪︎ Power/weight: 54.0hp/ton

▪︎ Payload capacity: 1,200lb on-road, 800lb cross-country

▪︎ Transmission: 3 speed x 2 range transfer case

▪︎ Suspension: Live axles on leaf springs front and rear

▪︎ Ground clearance: 8 3⁄4 inch

▪︎ Fuel capacity: 12.5 imperial gallons

▪︎ Operational range: 300 miles

▪︎Maximum speed: 65mph.

Photographed at the Culver's Cruise in Springfield, Illinois on June 23, 2013. This monthly (May through September) event is sponsored by the Central Illinois Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America.

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Photographed at the First Annual New Salem Shrine Club Car Show in Petersburg, Illinois on September 15, 2012.

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Diesel electric locomotive 4529 (from the latest series of traction delivered to the SRT - State Railway of Thailand - new ones from China are on the brink) rests in the shed after hauling one of the night trains between Bangkok and Chiang Mai (751 km). In front of it a more simple way of transportation the so called lorry or draisine mainly in use for line maintenance.