S/m 2011
Phew! Here goes!
Firstly, a pic: I have a photo of a GM Limited-assembled truck, sans Census Number, just assembled, from say April 1941. Here is one from a book: Bart's? This has been seen before on MLU.
Secondly, 2,650 Chevrolet 'Houlder-Thornton' 3-ton 6x4 lorries were delivered under diverted French contracts (regrettably I don't have the French contract no.). They were allocated:
L 767151 to 768983
L 4493620 to 4494019
L 4537944 to 4538143
They were acquired under Demand Supply-Mechanical 2011 and it seems that the catalogue reference was 9, so presumably that translates to S/M 2011/9?
Survivors were sold-off around 1946/7/8 including L 768846 which was registered February 4th 1947. We also know of L 768300 serial # 1YR194421
This proves that these were built in Flint, Michigan, and were based on the YR chassis.
Rego evidence shows that these were built in batches in September/October/November/December 1940 and in January 1941. Assembly started around April 1941 and waqs conducted certainly in GM Ltd, Bamber Bridge near Preston, Lancashire, and probably elsewhere.
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