Originally posted by aenthal
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KD = Knock-down = building a complete vehicle and then removing components/assemblies so that it will fit within a certain size wooden crate/box for shipping purposes. A.K.A. “Cube Reduction."
CKD = Complete Knock-down = as in say shipping a 100 steering wheels in one box, a 100 transmissions in another and so on and so forth to a destination for assembling vehicles.
From the Studebaker's "Spotlight” magazine article about "Knock-downs". The second photo down would have been taken prior to May 1942 when my Father entered the Army.

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