Too late ?

Too late ? Tough restoration projects but good enough for cannibalism. More melancholy under the 'tired iron' button of www.cckw.org  and under www.travellerdave.co.uk/?s=31  and  www.travellerdave.co.uk/?s=27 

Yumbo S25 hydraulic excavator with Vendeuvre Diesel engine

Abandoned GMC carrier, boom twisted

GMC cemetary, probably in France (source: Leon vd Bergh)

Spare parts supply (source: Rob Born)

Abandoned crane (from the archives of Ad Gevers)

Worn drill rig

Disposed French fire engines (courtesy of Papy37)

Poclain on GMC carrier

A crane from better days (courtesy of Henk Jansen)

Cannibalism at CAB scrap yard in Weert (courtesy of Jan Stam)

Once a proud tipper, now waiting on Coenen's scrap yard (courtesy of Marcel van der Sluis)

(courtesy of Etienne Musslin, www.super2cv.com/2009/01/05/jeep-dodge-et-gmc/  )

(courtesy of Brett Pelletier: http://deepfrogphoto.co )

France: the  El Dorado voor scrap fetishists (all these GMCs were once for sale on www.leboncoin.fr )

Cape Griz Nez Normandy, France, 2009 (courtesy of Joop van Middendorp)

Maltreated donor in Monts near Tours

Abandoned GMC near Villers Cotterets, France (courtesy of Bram Leeman)

Poclain TU or TP mounted on a GMC and in the background a succefully restored Merceron GMC fire engine (couresy of Jean Noel Vanel)

Courtesy of Helmond firm, Culemborg, The Netherlands

Contribution of Oscar Koskinen, www.oldgrowth.com/specialty_specials.htm

Remainders of a few GMC's of the Pol firm,  Leeuwaarden, The Netherlands (courtesy of Marcel de Vrij

Another two wrecks (courtesy of Bruno Michel,  http://oldfrenchtrucks.ifrance.com/ )

Only the Fuchs 300 appears to work (courtesy of T. de Graaf)

A contribution from www.armyfiretrucks.com

A contribution from www.midwestmil.com

GMC's on Corsica, France (courtesy of Marc & Nel v.d. Helm)

On my way to the south of France, around 1980

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