Any ideas on what this is ?

retroedaddy

retroedaddy

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I was walking the bottom half of a buddy's junk yard today and stumbled onto this. He says it's a WW2 frame that ran when he parked it there a few years ago. It's 4x4, got massive axles and what looks like an inline 6 of some sort.
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Based on the grill guard, I'd say Dodge WC series, but I've never seen one with anything other then the 5 bolt wheel pattern and I've also never seen one in a dually configuration - they were usually in a 6x6 config if they had 6 wheels.

Check that... I looked better at the axle picture and those aren't Dodge axles. Those are what they put under GMC's and Chevy's that generation. They did make some dually rigs back then. This is a picture of a Chevy K-43 I found on the internet

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Front bumper and grill guard look right, too. I bet it has a stovebolt inline 6.
 
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ManglerYJ said:
It's definitely something in the Chevy K-series from that generation or the GMC G series. Here's a link to an ad for a 42 GMC that looks real similar to what's left of yours. http://cckw.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2129
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yeah the grill in that link looks spot on to what's left, either way the chassis is super cool. I am working hard at convincing myself I don't need it.
 
I'd find an old pete cab n hood to drop on it.... you can almost buy an gently used duece for a lil more than what they're asking for those bodies
 
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I had 2 mostly frames from a Ford & Chevy, once, grabbed [saved] from a demolition site. Both were ton & 1/2, wheels, 1 with engine/tranny/rear closed diff & driveshaft. Forget which one had Real Manuel brakes, not hydraulic. Early to mid 30s. Tried for a year to sell, they ended up at the crusher! :(
 
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