Possibly Erwin it's hard to tell, what do you think the base color is there? is that what I've seen described as light mud ?

Pete

Basic color
 

Pete, the picture you posted of the water bowser with snow chains on I think: YES.
The model picture I posted I think could rather be S.C.C.2 brown.
But as usual with colours on b/w pictures or drawings: guesses only;-)))

LRDG - missing link found?
 

Look what I´ve found on Pinterest (Source: https://pin.it/huobaqqbo7gxxu) :
an ***original picture of a "Desert D-15"***!!
So it´s no more speculation...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Very interesting on a side note: the cargo body appears to be a field modification to allow for more space. Someone realised that the rather generous waste of space for a tire holder and spares box could be better used for the cargo body directly neighbouring to the drivers cab;-))

And I do admire the drivers: I took my D-15 2 times to a historic drivers´ venue at Senica/Slovak Republic ("SLOVENSKY PIESKY/SLOVAK SAND"). There is a huge military area which was used during the war by the Deutsche Afrikakorps for training as to their unique natural deep sand deposit. I found it almost impossible to drive there further into the compound without 4WD.

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Thank you all for contributing here and PLEASE keep on posting PICTURES of this beautiful little lorry/truck!!!!

Aren´t there any from recent British shows like War and Peace?

PLEASE continue:-) and nice Sunday
Cheers Erwin

Hanno, I have a fellow D15 owner friend, who told me to watch the 1950's movie "Sea of Sand".
Its about a LRDG mission during WW2.
There are a number of possible D15s in the movie playing a prominent role as LRDG trucks. We have had a squabble about whether the D15s in the movie have been chopped up to look like the famous LRDG Chevies or if the D15 really was actually used for raiding by the LRDG.
I am firmly of the opinion that the the dodges have been "chevvified" for the film as the historical accuracy in the rest of the movie is a little off point.
E.G. Germans chasing the LRDG column in US international halftracks equipped with Bren guns.

As always I am happy to be proven wrong, and would love to see some photos of a "real" LRDG D15 even if the silly beggars had taken a hacksaw to those beautiful curves!

Anyway, its enjoyable movie if you can see past some of the questionable hardware.

A few screenshots for you to debate....

No, that's one of the movie prop vehicles from Sea of Sand, the same vehicle pictured in Simon's second pic. I thought there was a thread on MLU many years ago about this film.

Erwin, I am sorry to rain on your parade, and on that of Simon's friend, but the LRDG did not use D15's. The photos show film props, and anyone can see why the film producers used D15 as Chevrolet look-a likes. They make good stand-ins!

See http://lrdg.de/main.htm > Vehicles for a very comprehensive overview of the vehicles that were used by the LRDG.

HTH,
Hanno

Here's a link: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...688#post135688

A few more random photos

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And a few more...

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And now I get told off on from the forum for going too far off topic, but it had to be done... :thup2:
Not even sure if its a Dodge, but it sure catches the eye. I think its from Mad Max Movie?

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Not a Photo of a D15, but I thought I'd share this photo of my Grandfather's RASC unit war diary in Italy 1944. Its an audit of the company vehicles including chassis number , WD number and contract number.
If anyone ever comes across any of those chassis numbered vehicles, do let me know...

Oh and I included another photo of one of my favourite standing orders from the company war diaries. Fishing with hand grenades...

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You started it.... here's John Belfield's Dodge WC-something :smoker:

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Now thats a truck Id take into Leeds in Rush Hour!

Simon's D15
 

"Restoring a WWII Canadian Dodge D15 of the Royal Army Service Corps - A family’s generational love for those curves lead them to revive a WW2 Truck like the one their grandfather drove.
Simon Balding’s grandfather had been a Sergeant in the British Army during WWII. Of the many stories Sgt. Balding told to his grandson were a few of his “favorite” truck — a Dodge D15. Simon decided he would find his grandfather’s truck."

Read more at https://www.militarytrader.com/milit...r-those-curves

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D15 cz4218503
 

D15 with census nr. CZ4218503, ex-Johan van Rijn in the Netherlands, sold to Belgium and then on to Simon Balding in the UK. Photos by Alex van de Wetering.

Pics of a D15 which recently changed ownership to follow sometime soon.

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Here we go: this D15 changed hands in Belgium recently.

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Dodge D-15
 

The drawing above from Erwin in Post #30 comes from a catalogue of 1/35 kits I think from ESCI that was planning to produce such a kit, but did not, much to my disappointment - I guess this would have been late 1990s.

ESCI's Dodges
 

Hi Larry,

Esci's Dodges were announced in their 1977 catalogue.
Here is another hope from the same catalogue.
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/6DGIsGd.jpg[/IMG]

Cheers,
Patrice.