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I haven't seen much discussion on these old military trucks. Basically the G506 was the series name for Chevy 1-1/2 tons.

I recently spotted 3 of these in various decay in a field. The bodies look like they've been hacked and abused but the frames and drivetrain on them look solid yet. I'd say the three may make one manageable, complete one.

Do these share anything with the big bolts of the 40's? Or are any parts available? Anyone know who made the transfer case or front axle?

I wonder if these are worth anything? I see Power Wagons in horrible shape demanding huge $$. But that's due to demand. Just curious if I should waste anytime looking into them. So I'm gathering some information first.

Hey guy, I love em. Of course I would, I have one. Check out my introduction of my rig in the "DITY" section of the "Welcome" page. I think it's "Tony's 42 1 1/2 ton Chevy panel G-506", or something like that. There's quite a history to these old trucks. A place with great info and pics is www.vehiclesofvictory.com.
There are a few owners of these rigs on this website and quite a few more on www.g503.com. g-503 refers to a jeep but the site has all of the military vehicles covered. If you go there scroll down the forums until you get to 1/2 ton to 2 ton trucks. Lots of G-506 info there.
Do you have any pictures of what you discovered? A link to photos of my truck is just below.

Tony

These trucks are a sickness, bring one or two home and you'll be hooked. They do share a number of parts with the civilian trucks and some specific to military only. Just about everything was made in house by Chevrolet. Later stovebolt motors bolt right in if need be and they came with 235 babbit bearing, splash oil motors in them. I've seen fully restored versions with $15k price tags but the owner probably has all of that and more into the truck.

Like Tony said G503 is a good place to network for information and parts or just hang with other people that own these great old Army Bigbolts.

-Mike-

Thanks for the input fellas. I'll check those sites out. I've got access to an extra cab if need be and I have two spare engines. I was thinking if I had a good frame from one of these as well as the running gear, I might be able to do something with them. Rather hate to see them rot away or sold for scrap at some point.

Here is a picture link

Looks like it once had a snowplow. I see the lift frame sticking out there. Hope you do rescue it.

Yeah 641Workmaster. If I had a place where I could stock all of these old beasts, I'd pick everyone of them up I could. They are near and dear. So there is three of them in there, eh? Is your picture there of one of the "better ones"? Looks like it has better tires than mine. Ha!

I see only one picture took. Here is the rest . The pictures are of the best looking one of them. If I remember right it had a bunch of pipe on the back. The one next to it had the cab on the back of a rotted flatbed. The last one may have been an old concrete form truck. That one is shown in there somewhere.

It would definitely be a struggle to get them out of where they are. I'd imagine I'd need a cutting torch to remove whatever has been setup on the backs of them. Not to mention a dumpster! Oh, a chainsaw too.

Kyle

Wow! A big job for sure getting that stuff out of there. Then the really big job starts!

The first link shows an early (1940 or 1942) G4112 Model Y or Model Z. The dash has the early civilian gauge cluster, which in late 1941 was changed to standard military gauges. The embossed Chevrolet engine side panels were also eliminated (just the embossing, they still had side panels). It also appears that the pics are mixed together from more than one truck. One of them (not the one with the snow plow) appears to have been a winch truck, as it has the factory frame extensions, and 9 leaf front springs instead of the standard 8 leaf...

As far as my 1943 GMC CCKW goes I have found all my bearings and seals are available at Napa and at bearing houses. I know we share some bearings with the Chevrolets. I love these rigs and found mine sitting in a wheat field in Oregon. Bought it for $650 and towing it home was insane! It wieghed about 9000lbs and took every bit of my '96 dodge diesel to pull it home. Check out my CCKW build on my signature. Mine was used after the war to haul a small cat, it was sure used up.

There's an interesting discussion going on over at SteelSoldiers.com about a fellow who just recovered a pair of G506's.

Read it here

Wow,
That is one heck of a story. I hope he didn't mess up too much of his equipment. :mad: Ya gotta love the struggle though or you wouldn't put up with all of this.