Well after waiting very patiently for many months my rare military Coe Van arrived today from Colorado!
Only 1900 some of this GMC model were built for the US military as the war started. Dual rears ( taken off to transport it!), dual rear speed end and four wheel drive! They were used for mobile parts workshops and ordinance trucks. They have a smoke stack on the roof for a stove or forge! Later on, this odd design was replaced by the purpose built 6X6 trucks we all have seen so many built during teh war years by Dodge, GMC and others.
My truck is a very complete and dry truck with no rust being from dry Colorado for so many years. NO major missing parts except the front drive shaft! It has the removable rear step (ladder) and original grill guard and a heavy brass plaque mounted on the side of the hood reading: "Ordinance Department- Military Spare Parts"
Millionaire Howard Hughes had nine or ten made into mobile office campers with full baths and kitchens and early air conditioning. One of his early COE house car conversions exists in a museum out west.
I am now asking felow Stovebolters who may know for any help you may have about information or photos of this model GMC COE or this Wayne (Bus Company) body. I have found a few images of this model on the Internet, but would love to know more about this big one! Any photos, Engines, body builder etc!
Thanks and Good trucking all!
"Old Coes" Si Lupton
in "Fall Foliage Week" here in Hartland Vermont
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