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Hello To everyone , while I m a bit distant across the pond I m only a click away by the internet :computerterror: I ve been involved with HMV's since the 1980's during that time I discovered the Worlds of Military Vehicle Collectors and HMV Clubs , over a period of ten years or so I met a Very Good Friend who lived not far from me and I helped him restore several White halftracks while doing this apprenticeship I Collected Wheel's and Track's,with what I learned I located the vehicle I thought was the icon of ww2,a 1944 CCKW 353h-1 along with a wooden bodied Ben Hur in Ziest Holland which I shipped back to the USA in 1990 . Now after far too long both are under going a complete restoration

Thats a Fine Looking HMV !! and a very practial body just what you said you needed . The shifting thing will come with practice just dont try to over speed the gears . They built the CCKW for low speed just as the tm 9-801 technical manual shows on page 37 . Its easier to make good shifts when your not trying to run each gear to its max speed ,and down shifting before the engine starts to bog or labor on the upgrades.

or I have seen them mounted on the running boards just under the cab divided between the drivers side and passengers side