The seller describes this as a 1939, but GMC didn’t start building these until 1942. It’s a model AFKWX-35 2 1/2-Ton, 6×6. There were about 7,000 built. This one is listed on eBay in Pine River, Minnesota for $7,500. The sellers have listed it several times without success and have never correctly identified it. The earlier version had a more conventional looking rounded cab with steel doors and top. Later trucks had canvas tops and doors. This one looks like the later version but with the canvas replaced with steel doors and top.
It’s really basic inside the cab but it looks complete. Some manner of creature appears to have found a home in the glove box.
There’s little hope for the engine, but the seller is including a complete engine in the sale. I’m guessing by the tractor seat this was last used on a farm. There doesn’t appear to be any daylight showing through the floor.
After the war, cheap surplus military trucks like this were popular with farmers and ranchers. It would be interesting to know how this one was used and what the box mounted on the back of the cab was for. After their second life, the remaining trucks mostly sit abandoned. This model is somewhat rare, but there are likely still more of these trucks than there are collectors. It’s hard to imagine a use for this truck except for perhaps hauling your car to shows. It would be very unique. Perhaps the cab could be mounted on a more modern chassis.
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