That picture is 4+ years old. I have only had the truck a little over 5 years.
Much progress has been made. First I had to find a spare tire carrier, then the proper wooden bed, rebuild the hydrovac (guess how many Series II hydrovac rebuild kits are left on the planet). I have ONE after 3 years of searching. I recently (after 4 years) finally got the proper parts manual for the year of my truck.
As *ANYONE* who takes this stuff seriously will tell you, finding the RIGHT part is the HARDEST part. Sure, I could have kept the M35A2C cargo bed, or went with a Series III hydrovac, or (HORRORS) bought a repro harness with the incorrect connectors.
Every try and get a canvas door redone? Or find the proper pulley and ventilator for a CCKW generator? How about finding the PROPER brake master cylinder and cab bolt hole covers for an open cab (THAT was ridiculous how long that took.. had to go to literally across the country to pick them off a truck).
I doubt that any of you know what those parts are, or could point them out on a CCKW if asked. But I do. My goal is the finest 'Factory Class' CCKW on the planet. Short of bolting one together straight out of a TUP shipping crate... I even have taken FSMWO'd items OFF the truck to put it back to production specs.
So yeah, that is gonna take some time. Till then I will do what I do best, look at CCKWs, figure out what is wrong and post about it. If that hurts your feelings, then I'll be sure to add 'Nice Truck' as the first line.
On a more basic level, I hear all the time that MV's are restored to 'Honor the Vets' yet the MV is in a condition that a Vet would never had used it in (ie a Norwegian bring back painted OD and called USGI). This stuff is not hard.... time consuming, expensive, but not hard.
The real shocker (and PLEASE be assured this is NOT an attack) is that books like the D. Doyle CCKW book and the MVPA mags are being lauded buy the people who criticize me for knowing the difference between a US Army CCKW in Service during WWII and European return trucks with plastic fuel filters and Speedometers in KM/H as WWII CCKWs.
My CCKW world revolves around my early 43 open cab. I really don't know much about the later open cabs or the closed ones, but what I know is pretty spot on.