CKDs
I had another rummage through my documents on file. The evidence I have is that Ford produced F8, F15 and F-GT CMPs from sometime in March 1940, but these must have been quickly followed by F30S units as they were then called. GM of Canada may have started with C8 and C15 production slightly later than Fords.
However I noticed that there is possible evidence that there were 174 CKD + 1 SKD [pattern?] shipments of each of the C15 and C30S, and also F15 and F30S, further that there is evidence that all C8s were SKD, with no information yet on F8s. As I said before F15s had to use F30S draglinks duly modified by Dagenham because of shortages...asymptomatic of the CKD system. Good job they abandoned the CKD system as rapidly as they did.
I understand at this point that by June 1940 all of the Ford line-up except the F8A were in production although the evidence relating to the F15A production is based on parts numbers quoted in correspondence in the DND papers. Ford's use of F15A model numbers for parts may have covered the F15 as well, hence I shall have to check the papers that I have in storage again in due course to check....the correspondence keeps referring to '15-cwt' trucks without clarifying whether they were 4 x 2 or 4 x 4 drive!
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