260 Dodge WC51 Three Quarter Ton Truck (1957) CSK 824 by Robert Knight
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Dodge WC51 Three Quater Ton Truck (1957) Engine 3900cc U.S. Army stencil number : 2817823. Registration Number CSK 824 ( SK was allocated to Caithness but only ASK was used for the region, BSK-YSK xxx are all regionless re-reg series for pre-1963 vehicles.) DODGE ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623789157832... The Dodge WC series (nicknamed Beeps) is a prolific range of light 4WD and medium 6WD military utility trucks, produced by Chrysler under the Dodge and Fargo marques during World War II Contrary to the versatility of the highly standardized jeep, which was mostly achieved through field modification, the Dodge WC‑series came in many different, purpose-built, but mechanically uniform variants from the factory. The WC series evolved out of, and was part of a more extended family of trucks, with great mechanical parts commonality, that included open- and closed-cab cargo, troops and weapons carriers, (radio) command, and reconnaissance cars, ambulances, carry-alls, panel vans, and mobile telephone installation and (emergency) field workshop trucks. essentially built in two generations. From 1940 to early 1942, almost 82,400 of the 1⁄2‑ton 4x4 Dodge trucks were built — initially called the VC series, but the great majority, from 1941, in the WC series, With the most prolific of the many WCs being the 3⁄4-ton, 4×4, WC-51 and WC-52 Weapons Carriers All in all, not counting mechanically related variants, the WC series alone involved 52 model versions (thirty 1⁄2‑ton 4×4, eight 1⁄2‑ton 4×2, twelve 3⁄4‑ton 4×4, and two 11⁄2‑ton 6×6 models). Creating vehicles of a common platform in such a variety of designs, with payloads ranging from 1⁄2‑ton to 11⁄2‑tons, had no equal in its time, and is seen as an extraordinary feat of the WWII American auto industry Diolch am 87,419,630 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn 90cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 87,419,630 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 12.09.2021 at Cars in the Park, Lichfield Ref. 121-260
