Vulture Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ken Good spot !!! I had missed that. Which means..... I already have that vehicle !!! LOL I've consolidated into No 125. I'm trawling through the HMVF and Flick sites at the moment. My guess is I'll top out at around the 200 mark..... Ian Ken It seems I was wrong... Now at 250 and still climbing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) For those interested the Blog stats are now as follows: Blog Statistics 283 x UK based vehicles. 6 x Foreign owned vehicles (seen in the UK). Of The 289 70 x CCKW 352 (24%). 219 x CCKW 353 (76%). Of The 289 189 x Open Cab (65%). 100 x Closed Cab (35%). Analysis Of The 289 38 x 352 Open Cab (13%) (54% of 352) 32 x 352 Closed Cab (11%) (46% of 352) 151 x 353 Open Cab (52%) (69% of 353) 68 x 353 Closed Cab (24%) (31% of 353) Varieties of The 289 4 x Airportable (1.4%) 5 x Bolster (1.7%) 219 x Cargo - Metal (75.8%) 5 x Cargo - Wooden (1.7%) 2 x Clubmobile (0.7%) 3 x Compressor (1%) 7 x Converted (2.4%) 3 x Radio Van (1%) 3 x Tanker (1%) 13 x Tipper (4.5%) 1 x Tractor Unit (0.3%) 24 x Workshop (8.3%) Edited December 9, 2012 by Vulture Formatting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 For those interested the Blog stats are now as follows: Blog Statistics 283 x UK based vehicles. 6 x Foreign owned vehicles (seen in the UK). Of The 289 70 x CCKW 352 (24%). 219 x CCKW 353 (76%). Of The 289 189 x Open Cab (65%). 100 x Closed Cab (35%). Analysis Of The 289 38 x 352 Open Cab (13%) (54% of 352) 32 x 352 Closed Cab (11%) (46% of 352) 151 x 353 Open Cab (52%) (69% of 353) 68 x 353 Closed Cab (24%) (31% of 353) Varieties of The 289 4 x Airportable (1.4%) 5 x Bolster (1.7%) 219 x Cargo - Metal (75.8%) 5 x Cargo - Wooden (1.7%) 2 x Clubmobile (0.7%) 3 x Compressor (1%) 7 x Converted (2.4%) 3 x Radio Van (1%) 3 x Tanker (1%) 13 x Tipper (4.5%) 1 x Tractor Unit (0.3%) 24 x Workshop (8.3%) Oh wow that's amazing!!! Love looking at the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Just a thought. Could we get all 289 together???!!! Another statistic- how many of the 289 are HMVF members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Just a thought. Could we get all 289 together???!!! Another statistic- how many of the 289 are HMVF members? Hi Rosie If we could that one would be one hell of a gathering ! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gas 44 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hi Rosie If we could that one would be one hell of a gathering ! LOL How about giving that a try at the MVT National show (early June) in Kettering which just happens to be more or less central in the country. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 How about giving that a try at the MVT National show (early June) in Kettering which just happens to be more or less central in the country.Gary Not a bad idea :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gas 44 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Not a bad idea :-) Ok why not put this up as a future event and see how it runs.....might be interesting to see how many people are interested. TBH I'm staggered how many people come up to me when out with the GMC and say " I've got one of those" meaning the gmc but they never seem to take it out. True high mpg but I cant understand why people would chose to own one and never take it out. Ours is out every month .....at least. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Ok why not put this up as a future event and see how it runs.....might be interesting to see how many people are interested.TBH I'm staggered how many people come up to me when out with the GMC and say " I've got one of those" meaning the gmc but they never seem to take it out. True high mpg but I cant understand why people would chose to own one and never take it out. Ours is out every month .....at least. Gary Gary Ordinarily I might be game to try and organise something, but with the imminent house move can I see a lot of my time over the coming 8 months being tied up with DIY and garden projects. The truck has soaked up so much cash these last 6 months personally I'll only be doing modest trips out in the York locale. Kind regards Vulture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Hey guys I've add some scans of photos taken in the later 70s. Nos 292 to 296. What do we make of the Cargo body on No: 296 ? http://cckwphotoblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/cckw-353-cargo_14.html Kind regards to all Vulture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Hi guys A chap called Simon Sage contacted me recently. He has a huge collection of military photos on his web site: Miliblog. He was kind enough to share his CCKW photos with me, so I have incorporated 68 of them. This has taken the total of vehicles seen in the UK to 351. Link Blog Statistics 336 x UK based vehicles. 15 x Foreign owned vehicles (seen in the UK). 249 x Vehicle registrations recorded. (71%) 721 photos embedded. Of The 351 85 x CCKW 352 (24%). 266 x CCKW 353 (76%). Of The 351 219 x Open Cab (62%). 132 x Closed Cab (38%). Analysis Of The 351 46 x 352 Open Cab (13%) (54% of 352) 39 x 352 Closed Cab (11%) (46% of 352) 174 x 353 Open Cab (50%) (66% of 353) 92 x 353 Closed Cab (26%) (35% of 353) Varieties: 4 x Air-portable (1.1%) 5 x Bolster (1.4%) 257 x Metal Cargo (73.2%) 11 x Wooden Cargo (3.1%) 2 x Clubmobile (0.6%) 4 x Compressor (1.1%) 8 x Converted (2.3%) 3 x Radio Van (0.9%) 5 x Tanker (1.4%) 19 x Tipper (5.4%) 1 x Tractor Unit (0.3%) 32 x Workshop (9.1%) 50% have Winch fitted. 15% have a Gun Ring fitted. Kind regards to all Vulture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Interesting stats, the thought occurs that if all those trucks were in one place at one time it would make one very impressive show and one very long convoy :wow: Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Interesting stats, the thought occurs that if all those trucks were in one place at one time it would make one very impressive show and one very long convoy :wow: Pete Indeed ! But what a sight ! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 i'm up for it, might even have the 353 together by then.... Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Spotted this one last weekend at Belper Steam show, don't know if its in the blog or not? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Spotted this one last weekend at Belper Steam show, don't know if its in the blog or not? Scott Hi Scott Yes I have it recorded as No: 218 Registration: UNN788X Link Thanks for posting anyway though, your photo is better that the main one I have . Would you mind if I used it ? Interesting front arrangement on this truck, with the double can holders, off-set width sticks, double tow eyes and box over the winch. Kind regards Vulture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Hi Scott Yes I have it recorded as No: 218 Registration: UNN788X Link Thanks for posting anyway though, your photo is better that the main one I have . Would you mind if I used it ? Interesting front arrangement on this truck, with the double can holders, off-set width sticks, double tow eyes and box over the winch. Kind regards Vulture Yes not a problem. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Interesting front arrangement on this truck, with the double can holders, off-set width sticks, double tow eyes and box over the winch. Kind regards Vulture Box over the winch? - I thought that was a mobile tombola Not to my liking at all, but I guess it takes all sorts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeme 21 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Ian did I send you the photos of mine? raeme21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Ian did I send you the photos of mine?raeme21. Errrr, I'm not sure, what's the Reg ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeme 21 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Errrr, I'm not sure, what's the Reg ? Send you a heap more. raeme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 So you know what the next step is :shocked: What you need to do is get contact details of the vehicles for their current owners and try to sort out a GMC gathering in a central area convenient for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 So you know what the next step is :shocked: What you need to do is get contact details of the vehicles for their current owners and try to sort out a GMC gathering in a central area convenient for all. It's a great idea in theory:cool2:, but with fuel prices the way they are:shocked:, I wonder how feasible the idea is in practice.... :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 We did the Series of Red Ball Express convoy events in Wiltshire which ran from 1990 to 1995, I think the most CCKW's we managed to get together was 18, although the convoy's also had many Dodge's, DT's, Wards, etc etc and we totaled around 45 on the best Red Ball run. When Ed Abbott and I did Operation Bolero in 2007 here in Suffolk we had around 80 vehicles in the convoy and I think we had over 20 CCKW's. I'm intrigued now - i'll have to go and look up the participants list and work it out exactly when i get a moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 We did the Series of Red Ball Express convoy events in Wiltshire which ran from 1990 to 1995, I think the most CCKW's we managed to get together was 18, although the convoy's also had many Dodge's, DT's, Wards, etc etc and we totaled around 45 on the best Red Ball run. When Ed Abbott and I did Operation Bolero in 2007 here in Suffolk we had around 80 vehicles in the convoy and I think we had over 20 CCKW's. I'm intrigued now - i'll have to go and look up the participants list and work it out exactly when i get a moment! Ours was one of the 20 or so in 2007! I'm sure there's lots of pictures on here somewhere. Will look tonight when I return from work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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