It's not an ACKWX-353 military GMC is it? If it is It will have a few plates
mounted inside the cab (one right in the middle of the firewall I think) with
military information. I wish I had that grill! I've been looking for one
forever. What do you want for the fenders? Where are you located? I have two
1940 ACKWX-353 trucks which I'm going to try to combine into one. These are
rare
trucks (most were sent over to France in 1940-1941) and are the older sibling of
the CCKW WWII trucks. They share the sheetmetal with the civilian trucks, while
the CCKW trucks were mostly military sheetmetal. I have some pics of my
ACKWX-353 trucks on my page below: (You can tell I need a few parts...)
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Conrad Vogel
mailto:conrad@nidlink.com
http://www.nidlink.com/~conrad/trucks.html
CLLLSLS@aol.com wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I've always thought one of the best looking trucks ever made is the '40 GMC.
> You can't beat that grill! In the back of my mind I always pictured myself
> finding and restoring a '40 Jimmy pickup someday, but definately not right
> now seeing as I'm already up to my ears in my current old truck project. The
> thing is though, I found one, well sorta. It's a '40 GMC 2(?) ton flatbed,
> says 26,000 GVW on the side. The thing's got near perfect grill and
> sheetmetal, except rusty cab and doors. I can pick it up for next to nothing,
> I just have to figure out a way to get it home.
>
> I can't tell exactly what kinda setup is on the back of this thing because
> the back half is buried right now, but it's got tons of levers (4-6) in the
> cab, so it must have a pto driven something back there. It's got a vacuum two
> speed too.
>
> I looked at the engine and I guess in '40 GMC didn't have the 228, 248, 270,
> 302 six family yet because this engine is definately not one of those, or
> maybe they did and this is one of the "BIG" sixes, I'm not familiar with
> those engines though. What I'd like to know is is what is this engine? It's
> not built like a pickup engine- it's got that "industrial" look to it. The
> manifolds and 1 barrel Zenith carb are on the passenger side. There's no
> script on the plain rocker and side covers. I believe the cylinders and block
> are 1 piece, not seperate chunks bolted together like I thought the "BIG" GMC
> gas sixes were. There's an 80# factory oil guage in the cab and a HUGE oil
> filter under the hood. There was some sorta ID plate riveted to the side
> cover with " BORE MAIN STROKE and some stamped numbers I didn't have time to
> make out. What is this engine? Anybody want it? And the rest of the running
> gear?
>
> And for what I'm planning on doing with the rest of the truck, I'm thinking a
> twin turbo small block under the hood and it'll turn 15's in the 1/4. I might
> lose the front fenders as well. They're in really good shape. I think the rig
> would look really mean without 'em. I can't imagine they're too easy to find,
> so if you need some, we can work something out.
>
> Dustin
> 50 & 53 GMC 1/2 tons
> 48 GMC 3/4 ton
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