GMC???
I reckon that this confirms Nuyt. Pontiac Plant were at the forefront of military truck building, with the emphasis on heavyweight GMC and Flint Plant undertook work on Chevrolet chassis. However we know that Pontiac supplied military trucks to the Dutch forces from at least 1935, in addition to the DAF conversions on chassis imported through the Rotterdam office of GM Continental, Antwerpen.
Archive papers show that although there were some Canadian Chevrolets supplied to the Canadian forces, the majority were Ford vehicles. GM of Canada preferred to plug their Maple Leaf range of heavyduty Chevrolet chassis, and although ML were essentially GMC clones as I have said before sentiments as to names ran deep in Oshawa. That's why you had 'Maple Leaf' badges and not 'General Motors Truck'.
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