HOOD NUMBERS

[randal]

Hi folks
I have a 1943 GMC CCKW 352 Open Cab that I am restoring.
Can anyone help me to figure out the hood numbers?
The chassis number is CCKW352300817A1
Thanks a lot!!!
Randal

[pfarber]

The TM10s are the only TMs that included contract/registration/SNs for trucks. A 300000 series truck would be mid 43 and most likely in the TM10s.

Ill check my books when I get home (at work now) and I should be able to get you a range of valid registration numbers.

There was (and it still might exist) a book/reference of assigned SN's to registration numbers kept (aka the holy grail of missing MV data) but many believe that the information was purged by the Army as CCKW/jeeps left the service. I chose to believe it's still out there...

cckw.org does have a list of user submitted registration numbers: http://www.ww2cckw.org/?page_id=59 and that could also get you close.

[pfarber]

352-300817

Contract # W-398-QM-11595 assigned SNs 300652-A1 through 312463-A1 was assigned Registration numbers 4202019,4286029-4297039, so do the math and pick a good number.

For reference, PER DAY production could be calculated at ROUGHLY 200-300 trucks per day. The big green Doyle CCKW book goes into production per day per facility, but 200-300 is a good number.

This is from the uber rare May 1 1943 REVISED June 15 1943 TM10-1562 Parts list.

Anything else I can do let me know.

[Dodge6x6]

I did make a MS Excel formula sheet for Dodge 6x6 WC 62 and 32 in the past. With chassis numbers and hood number series to calculate and estimate per day.
Offcours it's possible to insert a new tab to do this also for GMC's per type.

Kind regards,
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