abn deuce Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) From time to time there have been postings of the exteriors and a few more photo's of the gutted interiors of these types of vehicles, I thought I'd start a thread of period photo's of them in use . Here's what I found on the Life magazine site I hope others will add on . Does any one have a list of how many and what types these work shops were made? Caption : Air Artillery, Italy 79th Ordnance Co. soldier repairing Army watches in his truck bed workship at field depot, in the Cassino corridor of battle. Location: Italy Date taken: February 1944 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White Edited January 31, 2009 by abn deuce correct text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 The US army really thought of everything, a workshop van to repair army watches..... :readpaper: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop larkin Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 If you can get yourself a copy of the "Catalog of American Army Vehicles of World War II" (its a modern re-print of the March 1944 (2nd edition) of "catalogue of standard ordanance items") it has all the technical info on almost all vehicle used by the US forces in WW2. Listed in the Ordnance Maintenance Trucks, 2 1/2-ton, 6x6 (4DT) section is a list of the workshops available. They are: Small arms repair, M7A1 Automotive repair, M8A1 Artillery repair, M9A1 Instrument repair, M10A1 Welding, M12A1 Machine shop, M16A1 Electric repair, M18A1 Instrument repair M23A1 Listed in the section is all the info regarding the type of workbenches and equipment kept on board, plus some small pictures of the interiors of each workshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Thank You pop larkin , All the different needs of an Army on the move taken care of . While a number of these different work shop vehicles have been saved it would really be something if some of the workshops could be recreated , I m sure the many of the machines and tools would have been used up long ago either by the military or if they got into civilian hands , It would be something different to see beyond dump trucks and cargo trucks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur.m Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 It would be great to re-create a shop van with all its tools and acessories. I have a DOD 10/42 closed cab Jimmy shop van, with some remaining stenciling, including the words "welding shop". Unfortunately the Norway army got rid of everything inside the van body, all I have is bolt holes and an oily corner where the genny once worked. Now I have to get a copy of the book mentioned above. Thanks for the info! Not that I realistically could think of getting all the stuff together.. We use the van as a play room for my son's Legos and our cat sleeps in there. Arthur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 abn, what you need to do is persuade one of the skilled photographers in the upcoming Overloon raiding party to take some proper shots of the workshop dioramas in the museum there. I took some but they are useless - the vehicles are set up as night-time scenes with low level interior lighting so you need a 'proper' camera with decent flash. The dioramas are something else however with great attention to interior detail - and you can get 'up close'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) For some very nice interiour shots from a open workshop displayed in Overloon look at the pictures off Kees of his Picture site. http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674564 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674566 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674567 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674568 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674569 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674570 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674573 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674575 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674576 http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/image/83674578 or to view them all see http://www.pbase.com/kees_s/overloon&page=all Cheers, Danny Edited February 5, 2009 by Danny Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 here are some photos from the Danish arms museums, GMC CCKW Taken from www.dmkf.dk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Great photo's thanks for sharing them Danny and Neils v ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe34087 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Great photo's thanks for sharing them Danny and Neils v ! Well said...Thank you both I am looking for detail on exterior of rear door handle, nine has a door knob that has been hacked on . Also detail of the front exterior vents. thank you---Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopnut Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hi Joe I have a complete door handle mechanism for a shop van, could take pictures and e-mail if this would help. Shopnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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