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Thanks John 1950👍and thanks Degsy will look at forum, and thanks to everyone for answers and comments and pictures : )

Sorry to ask again guys, but had a look on line here and there about numbers and letters on these trucks and couldn't find a reference to air portable, I'm sure there would be...... cckwap? That's not me with a lisp swearing!

Thanks Pete Ashby, this one was at Brooklands the other month.

Thanks Degsy and radiomike? This is all good stuff ! I imagine there would be some references to a vehicle being air portable in the chassis number?.... But I wonder if there is a visible way to tell, even if you have to crawl underneath?

Well thanks John 1950 and Richard Farrant, from the link it looks very similar to modern forged I beam, that you see Even today, things don't really change that much! Would you know did the air potable GMC s come with 6x6 and or 6x4 as I imagine weight would be a issue, and have read that these vehicles split in half behind the cab???

Hi John 1950, thanks for the pics great to see so clearly what you've described. Sorry to ask so many questions! Have you or anyone seen a front axle from a 6x4 as I'm wondering if it comes as a axle, ie as a cast item with a connected rod from one front wheel to the other, or two totally independent items only connected by steering linkage? Thanks for everyone's input : )

Well you know your stuff, thanks for your help, I've also noticed and it might just be an optical illusion, but in some pics the front wheels seem to be in line with the inner rear wheels, and in others in line with the outer rear wheels? Could this be do you think? And I'm sure I read somewhere they did a non driven front axle...

Happy New year!

Thanks for the link G506, very interesting veriants on these GMC cabs. All good to see .

And thanks for the info John 1950, I thought it might be wheel spacers of some kind.  so is it that literal, the two different makes of axle have a different wheel hub that makes one stick out more then the other as I think from what I see, the distance between  the front wheels seems greater on one from the other? So would that mean say, the bango axle has a wider stance than the timkin?

Thanks for the information guys, very interesting, I now understand about the cab. Thanks for the link,  great to look at. Any idea on the wheel hubs, I've noticed some stick out more than others? 

Cheers Gordon M, this is where I don't understand and need to learn more, because when I look at the cab in the pick it looks like a closed in cab to me because it has a full door and a roof....

Cheers guys, so post war, is there any where I can go to, or read from, to learn more about GMC different model types? I'm interested in different cabs and axle types?

Hi all, pic of a Truck I found online, can you tell me what cab type this is? As I've looked at lots of pics and can't find another. And also  why on some front wheels are the center's like bake Bean cans sticking out and others not? Sorry if this is run of the mill.....

Sorry not a answer but a pic of a Baily bridge!

Hi Nick Johns.. all I'm trying to say is maybe it would have been easier in the day to use a existing door from a older or current vehicle, instead of going through the costly and time consuming process of manufacture. And if so what could the doors be from? As I imagine they were built 1979/1980.... so would be from a older Donner, I think it maybe... And would be lovely to hear from someone involved in the build.. but there's a lot of guys and girls hear I imagine who look at old vehicles all the time and may think with a little bit of alteration that's a door from..... can you remember what productions you drove this truck on?

Thank you for the link : )

Well hmm, just seen these on an American truck. So may not be Merc after all lol.

There's no may about it!  Hi all, I'm trying to identify the truck door on the raiders lorry. As I think it might be from a different make of truck pic is on raiders truck, but I'm not sure if I should post it somewhere else, (no rude suggestions lol) for others to see and give an opinion?

Thanks for the info, great👍

Sorry Nick Johns, Just seen the other advert for Brooklands. 

Thanks for the pics. I think your right mogmaner, the handles look the same! So does that mean they are a genuine Merc part?

Hi, Will you be at brooklands?

Hi Thanks mogmaner, don't suppose you'd have a pic  of your door handles and indicators to hand?

Edge view of lock.