Classic US Army trucks on Biglorryblog..."Ten'shun! Front and centre yew guys!"

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Biglorryblog's man in South Africa Dennis Child is the kind of man who always takes his camera on his travels. He tells me: "Hi Brian, When I visited France a very good friend of mine took me to his MVCG Paris Ile De France gathering----a group of dedicated enthusiasts that rebuild American World War 2 vehicles. And I drove one of them Paris for 12 hours as part of Bastille Day! Best regards, Dennis. And what a nice collection of Classic Yankee GI trucks. Starting with this unusual 6x6 armoured tank transporter....and for a GI Pie what is it?

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And what an impressive beast    it is..note the armoured shutters over the radiator....and windows...

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Now here's a classic Deuce and a Half GMC 6x6......Love the kit strapped all around it!

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......now here's one minus the canvas tarp and a big winch up front.

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Now how about this one? A Dodge perhaps? You tell BLB!

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Not a bad line up dresss.....right dress! Now click through here for a few more.

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And last but not least...

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Looks like we've got ourselves a convoy...great stuff Dennis..stand easy!

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andrew cooper

as any welsh truck anorak will tell you,the picture is of a pacific tank transporter as used by iconic welsh heavy haulier "wynns".

Michael Yamnitz

The ambulance is a Dodge, type WC, don't know which two digit number, for example WC-21.

Bob Tuck

Andrew is right about it being a Pacific. There were generally two types of cab fitted - the armour type as shown and one called a soft skin. Guess which one you drove when you were heading for World War II action.
As well as Wynns, a guy called Rex Cadman from Kent bought about six of these during the 1980s from France. They were a regular sight parked on the main road near Sandwich and of course we did a feature on these in Truck magazine - about 20 years ago.

D Powell

The rear picture of the Pacific clearly shows that the four wheels of the rear bogie are chain driven from a central differential.

I am interested in the originals pictures of the M26 Pacific shown on this page. Indeed, I am the man who "restaure" it. And these pictures do interest me.

Regards


Lebourgeois G.


Email: m26pacific@gmail.com
Web site: www.univem-paris.com

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