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Radek

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Hi guys,

I need help with identify of this body. Can somebody tell me what kind of lorry whas this?

Cheers Radek

 

A quick check on the reference books, can't see anything similar so pretty sure its not ww2 British or American, looks like it was on a 6 wheeler chassis and joined to a crew cab? galvanised steel panels, radio van body? post war, German?

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Not an expert on German trucks but it looks like either a kfz31 ambulance body for a 6 wheeler like a Steyr or Praga or possibly a Krupp L2H143 or a similar kfz61 radio box body on same or similar. But from the photos it could be very heavily modified in particular the rear doors look odd.

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Have checked Pat Ware's "WWII Military Vehicles" and can find nothing in there. Only similar thing was built on an Opel Blitz chassis but that was on a 4-wheel chassis not a 6-wheel. The body on the photo shown in that book was a called a Koffer or 'house' body used for a variety of roles including signals and ambulance.

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Similar body on a Krupp

 

Theres a guy on one of the WW2 Dodge forums in the US who has built a replica from a CCKW! Not a bad effort actually, and quite similar to this 6 wheeler.

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