GMC CCKW-353 1941

Current Owner
Pete Mills

Model
GMC CCKW-353

Year of Manufacture
1941

Vehicle History

The history of this vehicle is quite impressive. After her toll in the war effort was over, she continued to be used as a “work-horse”. It is proven in a photo that “CFK 879” was operated in the Worcester area by S.C. Aston in the early 1950’s. She was driven by Alf Simmonds of Leigh Sinton until 1960 and then by Geoff Minton until 1967. She would run to Doncaster and all over the area regularly covering 275 miles a day with the ex-military pole trailer carrying around 12 ton of timber about 40ft long.

Sometime in 1962 the “big-end” failed and as usual in those times the trusty “Perkins” big-end was fitted. To the best of Geoff Minton’s memory during his time driving this vehicle there were no drive-line repairs or springs replaced, “The old girl just kept plodding on”. In the snow of 1964, she was the only vehicle that would get to the sawmills.

Eventually, she was pensioned off in 1967. A lime spreading company purchased her and that’s where the trial goes cold. She was saved from a scrap yard and restored to the rally circuit in the late 1970s. “Slippery Six” (as she is nicknamed) has been on tours in France, Belgium, Jersey, Guernsey and the UK. It has been said that she has towed a few vehicles home but has never been towed herself!