CCKW field assembly line France

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krisinwa.st.
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CCKW field assembly line France

Post by krisinwa.st. »

Not Dodge related , but I thought it is worthy of being posted ,
check it out ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhf4ynHqVqA
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That's amazing! Had no idea anything like that went on.

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Post by krisinwa.st. »

jim lee wrote:That's amazing! Had no idea anything like that went on.

-jim lee
Another true story , A very good friend of mine , Bill Davis who unfortunately
is no longer with us was in the Merchant Marines during WW 2 , and if I remember
correctly he told me he sailed on a Victory Ship , although it could have been a different
type of ship , anyway he told me that they would assemble as many CCKW's as they
could during the voyage to their destination . I sure do miss Bill ..., he taught me a lot
about ways to be practical when working on heavy and light equipment , he made a living
as a caterpillar mechanic
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Post by Themoose74 »

This video is incredible. I've watched it twice already. Thank you for sharing it!
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Post by Lang »

Thanks for that great movie.

Must have been filmed on the the first day as it looks pretty disorganised and unskilled. Certainly nobody is busting a gut. I am sure they got better as you see photos of what looks like almost factory production lines with highly efficient assembly later on.

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Post by jeff »

Very Cool, thanks for sharing.
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