1940 VC pickup 4x4

[KevinM]

Anybody have info on these trucks? ...models offered in 1940? ... production #'s , ....are they considered rare?
not up these military trucks....thanks for any info

[Aaron S]

The VC and the larger VF series trucks would definitely be considered rare. I believe most of the VC's were given to Great Britain after the U.S. military decided that the frames and axles were too easily broken and the civilian sheet metal too complicated to deal with for battlefield use. There was a very good article in the PWA many moons ago that gave production numbers. I don't recall exactly but they were definitely low.

[tractor]

check this site
http://forum.ww2dodge.com/
They made basically the same models as the military WC models. My Wc 1 is a late 1940 after that decision

[Gordon(Scotland)]

Info

http://www.gwim2.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vc200401.htm

Survivors list, by chassis number, with a bunch of clickable links.



There are just a few people who collect VC and VF trucks, and they tend to buy up the parts trucks that appear. A couple of excellent restorations have taken place on VC 1 Command Cars (Steve G, Phil H.) and a total of three of the twenty-five VC6 Carryalls have now been saved.

The pickups are the easiest to restore, because you cab swap body and cab components. Numerically open cab pickup VC5 trucks and Command VC1 trucks made up half of production, so many of the 'closed cab pickups' you find for sale are actually open cab pickups that have been re-cabbed after army duties.

Original hard cab VC3 trucks with bed sides drilled for longitudinal seats are rarer and more valuable than an open cab pickup with bed sides drilled for transverse seats which has had a hard cab dropped on - particularly if the hard cab is a 41-47 cab and not a 1940 unit.

I don't actually remember how many closed cab trucks they made, I think one of the three batches was 196 trucks, so if you are offered one you like just grab it. Be aware that almost everything is just slightly different from early WC stuff. Parts can be adapted in either direction, but then the value goes down. Not many people will have spares for them, especially the VC-specific stuff like engine, transmission, sheetmetal, axles, and wheels, so most owners tend to have one good truck and one or two hulks for spare parts, or to trade those parts for other spares they need.

http://www.gwim2.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vc3.htm