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Originally Posted by Ron Pier
Gordon. You mention "US Built" Is this not a Canadian truck? Or possibly procured from the US by Canada?
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I was just drawing attention to the fact that the US chassis numbers were on the front left chassis rail - I've never had cause to check that the Canadian ones are in the same place - but apparently they are 8-)
US versus Canada is pretty much a political distinction, not too solid except for the badge on the vehicle. Have a look at the map for the location of Detroit and contrast it with Windsor Ontario. There is only the width of the Detroit River between them - ten minutes in a car. I suspect that chassis, bodies, and components were all built in that general area, and just shipped wherever required. Large manufacturers and employers with facilities on both sides of the border could probably ship stuff forward and back as required without too much customs duty & hassle.
The Ashby's Dodge WK60 workshop truck is a nice example. The workshop body was UK built, the Welles-Thornton back bogie I think was Canadian, but I believe the truck was supplied 'from Canada' as the US was neutral around then, whereas Canada was part of the Commonwealth. The Dodge 3 ton chassis it was based on was made in reasonably small quantities, I assume in the US. I'm also assuming that the chassis were made and stamped only with the part number - the formal chassis number being added at the start of the production line - so two chassis made next to each other at the chassis plant could be shipped to two different assembly plants and end up with completely different chassis number sequences.