1944 GMC truck in war assembly line.

[Fernando Mendes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhf4ynHqVqA:cool:

[Dave72dt]

So, how and what are you doing on your Pilothouse?

[dontknowitall]

Great stuff to watch..

[Frank Ollian]

Interesting video, wonder how many survive. People who owned them post war may not have known their trucks were assembled in an apple orchard. How many of those men became mechanics after the war.

[Fernando Mendes]

Dave72dt,now I am stoped working in my B3-B pilothouse.It is ready to me.Days ago I bought six NDT 7,50x20" military tires to my GMC and restoring/balancing the wheels.These tires only founded/made in the USA .Now I am too restoring/balancing/painting five divided Jeep 1942 wheels.Good luck.

[TodFitch]

Interesting. Before yesterday's post I did not know that they setup assembly lines in forward areas. I did know that they shipped things "completely knocked down" for assembly overseas, but I assumed that they were assembled in England or, later, in secured areas well behind the lines.

And then last night I watched Tunisian Victory from http://www.archive.org/details/TunisianVictory1944 where they showed the same forward area assembly but not just for trucks. Apparently the same type of procedures were used for tanks, aircraft and railway locomotives.

[Fernando Mendes]

TodFitch,this is a good video too,but it is when TORCH OPERATION in november'1942 was beggined(Casablanca,Gibraltar,Oran...).This was a fire baptism to United States Forces.Thanks to you.