Re: ever been here?
 

Mike:

That pic is just TOO priceless! :D :salute:

Dozen+ CMPs for sale (Canada)
 

Not from me, but I heard from a fellow in the know that the CMPs that are at the Stan Reynolds museum in Wetaskiwan Alberta, are going to be available for sale starting next week.

If some of you sleuths are going to 411.ca the phone number, just know that there is the Stan Reynolds museum, which is part of the tractor salvage yard (that is who has the trucks for sale), and there is also the Reynolds-Alberta museum. The Reynolds Alberta museum is a provincially funded museum which was started with some donations from Stan, and because it is owned and funded by the oil rich Alberta govt, does not sell it's artifacts so don't call them.

this might help .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...LEASEMENTI.jpg

This sort of bothers me
 

You know it always sort of bothers me when I see a museum selling off parts their collections. A museum near me has been selling off military vehicles and parts for the last several years since the death of the founder. Many if not all the vehicles sold so far were collected by one individual the founder and he was I am sure aware that much of what he collected was not destined for display. But many other vehicles, aircraft were donated and I always wonder are the terms of the donation being honored.

I don't know if donations applied to Reynold's. They were always advertising in the Western Producer to buy anything green. I recall one time when one of our locals scooped them on a T28 or something along those lines. Reynolds called first, but the snowstorm meant he showed up late. Reynolds was not happy, to say the least.

Reynolds
 

They have one of the best, if not the best collection of aircraft in private collector hands in the world. The cmps and other kit are in poor condition and were never restored as far as I can see. They are very restorable though. I undersatnd he was a fighter pilot so his true love lies there.\
They had a Sabre on a trailer that had just arrived when I was there last. Search this site and you will find a bunch of pictures I posted of the vehicles there. My cds are all in storage now so I can not send anyone current pics
Next time I am in Edmonton with some time I will swing down and take some pics, though the last time I was there, they closed the museum from sept. to spring sometime.
Sean

8 CWT
 

Apparently they sold their 8cwt stuff (8 vehicles?) to someone from Calgary area last week. Anyone know who that would be?

J.P.

I may enquire anyway ...
 

Well, heck. I was just out to Alberta and back a couple of weeks ago with my 18-ft car hauler for a little old Sankey trailer, and what with spending on HUP project items, my "green" budget is now tapped out. Mustn't ... lose ... focus.

Pair of CMPs'
 

Saw this on eBay: WW2 CMP Military Trucks Radar & Dump Truck SOlD AS PAIR Item number: 110259021172

nice pair
 

good find there.
here's the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=110259021172

It has an RCAF number on the door.

If this is the truck I am thinking of, then a prospective buyer had best look it over before paying any real amount of money. I actually had a deal to buy it almost a decade ago, but backed out when ownership of the truck was suspect. Looks like that has been sorted, it was not the current vendor who I was dealing with, but rather a renter.

The guy had used a front end loader to move it around, and had bent the driveshaft and I can't recall if the frame took on some damage too. But the cab was in very good shape, having been an airforce truck it wouldn't have had much field time. Some thought that it was part of the radar convoy unit. I can't say myself, but there was some odd title on the dataplate.

Different set of shift levers
 

What caught my eye was the arrangement and placement of the shift levers. I don't think the shift knob with the OD is orginal. But does anybody have and idea what the shift lever between the transmission and the normal transfercase lever is? Is it simply a PTO shift on the transmission?

Parts, at least
 

Hmm, only 40 minutes from home, but enough on my plate for now, and too much to take on just for a handful of parts. Two bids I see, hope they find a good home.

EBAY WW2 CMP Trucks x2, Manitoba, Canada
 

This sale might be of interest for someone in Western Canada

Two CMPs for one price

Ebay #110259021172

Guy

But The Price is Right!
 

Mark,

Just think of the appreciative looks when you set them up on your front lawn...

This is a case of "so close, but so far away"... I too hope a local collector / restorer picks them up.

Hello Jim.

Wondered where that "Radar" CMP had gone to. Peter Ford and I had a look at it about 10 years ago in the Ft. Garry area of Winnipeg and it disappeared from that area a couple of years later when a new subdivision went in.

The truck is one of an 8 vehicle Radar Caravan developed by Canada during WW2. Peter had researched the details of the caravan, but we were unable to confirm exactly what equipment this particular truck carried. It was clearly set up for a lot of electronic gear, as one could trace a series of electric blowers around the perimeter of the truck at approximately chair rail height and the center of the box roof held a large porcelin insulator, possibly a communication antenna mount. The specific Data Plates that identified the equipment setup for each truck in the caravan were made of a hard black 'plastic' designed to be broken easily if the vehicle had to be abandonned, and I believe Peter's research indicated each vehicle carried a demo charge as well. The plate was gone in this truck, but one could still see where it had mounted.

This particular vehicle would have been mated up with another one in the caravan. The two vehicles would approach each other from the left side about eight feet apart and park opposite each other. The lower left side would drop to form a walkway, with the upper half forming a roof. A similar setup would take place with the second vehicle. A series of hooks around the outside perimeter of the opening on each truck allowed a canvas cover to be installed, thereby joining the two vehicles together with a weather resistant walkway.

Peter's research on these Canadian Radar Caravans also indicated at least one of these caravans (personnel and all) had been requested to be seconded to the US Military to provide air protection for the Panama Canal during the war.

This truck was part of a caravan that served at RCAF Station Winnipeg during or immediately after the war. The cab showed the original green wartime paint with Royal Canadian Air Force printed out in small caps, with the wartime reg'n number below it. In it's latter service years if got the newer Hazard Yellow paint job, the initials RCAF and a new numbering system. After demob, the other seven vehicles were sold off, but this one lingered at the base for a few more years as a 'smoke shack' before being sold. It disappeared onto civvie street for years until surfacing in Ft. Garry when Peter and I spotted it. The owner then wanted the running gear to build a mud truck, but probably ran out of time when the city expropriated the property for development.

Hope this info helps.

David

CMPs for sale in Canada
 

Hey folks, I was cruising around Les Pac, and typed in Militaire, and two cmps showed up. All the text is in french, but you can get the gyst witht the pictures. Add number 7861988. There's a couple of M 37s aswell. I have no connection to the seller.
www.lespac.com

Dan Sicotte

chevrolet 4x4 1945 militaire tank a eau
Terrebonne, Les Moulins, QC 2 000.00$

DESCRIPTION
chevrolet 4x4 1945 environ militaire 2 tonnes a restorer .Il y en a un 2eme sans tank a eau.Celui -ci est a $2000.00 et l'autre a $1500.00 .Beau projet pour cet hiver.Contacter Gilles Pinet pour plus de detail car il est lui-meme restorateur de ces vehicules;ils les connait bien et c'est un genie de la mecanique.Il pourra meme vous le restorer. christian

INFORMATIONS COMPLÉMENTAIRES

Marque : Chevrolet
Type de camion : Camion léger
Nombre de cylindres : 6
Motricité : Intégrale/4x4
Kilométrage : Moins de 10 000km
Nombre de portes : 2 portes

[ Annonce #7861945 ]

chevrolet 4x4 1945 militaire
Terrebonne, Les Moulins, QC 1 500.00$

DESCRIPTION
chevrolet 4x4 1945 environ militaire 2 tonnes a restorer .Il y en a un 2eme avec une tank a eau.Celui -ci est a $1500.00 et l'autre a $2000.00 .Beau projet pour cet hiver.Contacter Gilles Pinet pour plus de detail car il est lui-meme restorateur de ces vehicules;ils les connait bien et c'est un genie de la mecanique.Il pourra meme vous le restorer. christian

INFORMATIONS COMPLÉMENTAIRES
Marque : Chevrolet
Type de camion : Camion léger
Nombre de cylindres : 6
Motricité : Intégrale/4x4
Kilométrage : Moins de 10 000km
Nombre de portes : 2 portes

INFORMATIONS DU VENDEUR
CONTACTER : gilles pinet
TÉLÉPHONE : 450-661-3087
LIEU : Terrebonne, Les Moulins, QC
soit à environ 19 km de
Montréal/Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal (est), QC
DATE DE PARUTION : 2008-10-23

Translated as a public service, and demonstrating a return on the investment of your education dollars. Do any of our Quebec or Eastern Ontario truckers know Gilles Pinet?

Chevrolet 4x4 1945 military, water tank
Terrebonne, Les Moulins, QC $2 000.00

DESCRIPTION
Chevrolet 4x4 1945 era Military 2 tonnes for restoration. There is a second one with the water tank. This one is $2000.00 and the other $1500.00. Good winter project, Contact Gilles Pinet for more detail, since he is himself as restorer of these vehicles; he knows them well and is a mechanical genius. He might even restore it for you. signed

COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONS

Make : Chevrolet
Truck Type : light truck
Number of cylinders : 6
Configuration : Built-in/4x4
Kilometers : Less than 10 000km
Number of doors : 2 doors

SELLER'S INFORMATION
CONTACT : gilles pinet
TÉLÉPHONE : 450-661-3087
Location : Terrebonne
About 19km north of Montreal, north of Laval
DATE OF PUBLICATION : 2008-10-23

Deja vu.......
 

These vehicles have been advertised quite a few times over the past 2 years.... price seems to have drop down a bit as they are not moving....

There was a story that they had been used in a local movie as vehicles of a foreign government...... see the red star on the truck doors.

There were a number of detailed pictures shown on previous postings..... our conclusion was that they were missing sufficient key parts that they would best be described as parts trucks...... you would really need both to make a good one........ so a package deal is probably the best approach.... but defenitely not the $3500 asking.

At the going price for scrap steel of less than $50 per ton they are not going to move soon.

Buyer should visit and have a first hand look .

Bob C.

Bob

A couple of CMPS for sale in Quebec...
 

220506676303 Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Cheers Rob

Stalled.....
 

Bidders are stalled......

.....wonder if they are MLU members....

Reserve still not met....... seller may have high expectations....

.....asked seller for possibility to see vehicles..... no reply!!!!

Too much money for sight unseen.

Boob

CMPs for sale in Canada
 

Found this one on ebay. Looks good, it needs a good home. Sorry I must be doing something wrong since I couldn't get the picture to appear.

Eric

link to C60 in Manitoba on eBay
 

That looks like a very handy bit of gear for you Canadians.
Not much us to us in OZ though. Should be in reasonable condition if it has been owned by a Shire/Govt. Dept.

tree chipper
 

Rick,
You could always use it as a tree chipper down there,just stay a safe distance back when you throw the branches in the auger!!Better yet just drive into the tree and let the auger work at it!That snowblower is too small for our Manitoba snowdrifts which is probably why he is selling it.Good for sidewalks though.
Derk.

HAHAHAHAAH we could use it here in North Tyneside (england) help clear the roads of those pesky boy racers flying about :-) other than paint she looks great ! as previously stated, most council fleet vehicles tend to be well serviced. a potential bargain for someone

Derk,
You obviously haven't seen our Mountain Ash eucalyptus trees, they will leave your trees for dead. Mountain Ash is a hardwood not soft pine. (Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants).

I found this to back up my thoughts.
www.treecanada.ca
All trees in Canada can be distinguished as being a conifer or deciduous tree. Conifers are often called evergreens or needle-leaved trees (although there always exceptions). Conifers are also known as softwoods. Deciduous trees are often called broadleaf trees because most shed their leaves in autumn. Deciduous trees are also known as hardwoods.

Maybe we could turn it into a vacuum cleaner and suck up the dust instead.

Still it looks like a good one to get.
Regards Rick