Miss Drop 44's GMC CCKW

WOW, where to start.... The truck is home! So much has begun to happen, and more and more seems to just keep cropping up! To begin with, as mentioned previously Reuben very kindly put the body onto the truck for transport for us. The truck body being lifted into place, it had been stored apart from the truck, as it is not it's original cargo body. The truck body in place, awaiting the proper fixings/bolts, later installed by Reuben and his father. More on this cargo body late

Monsieur was brought to the attention of a gentleman called Reuben. Located in a "basement" on a French farm near the Italian border; the Farmer had used the Jimmy for his logging business after it's conversion to a Perkins diesel (P6) in the 50's. Reuben had always loved the idea of recovering a vehicle from a barn, and with his interest in WW2, this was too good an opportunity to pass on. Reuben began discussions with the farmers family in 2019. After some back and forth, t