Originally Posted by Mike Cecil
Hi Tim,
To answer your questions as best I can:
I'm figuring the Commonwealth Reg No.142001 is the number painted on the front cowl? - yes, as per the previous answer, and across the tail gate, usually low and in the centre.
The 8444-1942 under your bonnet Robert is that a standard thing? Yes: underbonnet nomenclature for all Australian Army MVs was introduced in mid-1942, and was retrospective (ie was also to be painted on existing vehicles in the field, as well as by assembly contractors). As said, yours should read 8443-1943 (or 8443-1942, depending on how you read the orders, as it was the model and model year, rather than the year of production, that was required. Generally, however, the year of production/assembly was inserted)
What do the census code and MVFS stand for? The CC was the Army code for the vehicle type/class, rather than laboriously writing out the complete nomenclature each time. The MVFS was a document that described the vehicle, and listed all tools and accessories that were issued with the vehicle, and who supplied them (manufacturer, assembly contractor, or ordnance).
And what would a C60L (Aust) No.2 "Stores-Binned" look like?? From the outside, it looked like a GS truck. Inside the base body, a set of stacked steel bins were fitted along each side to carry small parts, replacement items and equipment such as webbing, etc depending on the application/user-unit of the vehicle. For example, an Ordnance Supply unit might carry such things as webbing equipment pieces, while a Field Workshop might have one for small truck parts, and another for small arms repair parts, and so on. The canopy frame was infilled with cyclone wire panels for security, and covered with a canvas canopy. I think there were a set of steps attached to the inside face of the tail gate, too, (but am I thinking of the Office truck? - will have to check).
Mike C
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