CCKW 355

[samason]

Does anybody know what a CCKW 355 is?

[motto]

No, never heard or seen that one before. Where does it appear?
David

[samason]

On the frame. CCKW 355 then the serial number.

[Wolfen]

Someone on this Forum might be able to help you.
http://www.cckw.org/

[RANGER]

Misprint, or it is double struck. Many CCKW Chassis Frames got renumbered during a Rebuild and the replacement chassis number was ground off in order to match it to the truck being rebuilt. have seen several this way.

[samason]

Thanks Ranger. I don't think it's a misprint. It could be a re stamp like you suggested. The last 5 in 355 does look different than the other 5.
Ranger do you have any idea what 355 would represent?

Thanks

[samason]

Of course if it was a rebuild , that would explain why the internals are in such good shape . Tranny looks brand new inside.

[RANGER]

There is no such truck as the CCKW 355, the stamping is an error. Do you have a pic of the truck in question? As I said, the Chassis Numbers have been altered, many CCKW's have had this done during a rebulld when the original chassis is not repairable.

It would be nice to see the complete chassis number, suffixes and prefixes.
If in fact the chassis prefix starts witg "C" it indicates that it was a 1941 model truck.

[samason]

Well, i took a photo of the serial number. Zoomed the lense in close. After looking at the zoomed in photo you can see that is 353 not 355.

[RANGER]

The Chassis numbers have little descrepancies that are noted, many times the chassis number has been ground down and changed using new numbers with same font leading one to believe it was done at the assembly plant.