[Bob Carriere]

Trying to understand the building sequence for the GM C15 and C15a sometimes in 1940 and our various serial numbers.

David Hayward I believe had indicated, if memory serves me right, that the actual production started in the last few days of March 1940 but were all stamped as April 40.......

So according to the first shipment documents posted by Colin the first load that was in process of being built and move dfwon to Halifax to catch the boat was may 27th 1940.

He had also indicated that the first off the line were C8 and C15 in the 4x2 version and that the C15a had started later possibly early Fall 1940.......

Not sure how the serial numbers were allocated..... one sequencial list of numbers for all CMPs or by individual size such as a block of numbersfor C8 and a separate block of numbers for C15 and one for the C15a....and so on.

With the recent surfacing of very early C15 in the X000, 3 digits, out West and some other in the 11xx and mine in the 3851, can't remember the serial number for Alex de W. ..........are we any closer to determining a better approx. date of manufactoring for the 4x4 series....... for example my 3851 had the front air vents, no hot weather hooks on the dash, no web stops limiters on the doors, no rubber marker lights on the front fenders but still relying on the small bulb inside the head light box, no water expansion tank on the fender and no convoy light on the frame for the rear axle..... typically an early model that was kept in Canada for local use and training purposes...... soon to be designated obsolete.....

Are there later shipping documents for late Summer shipments or nay records kept for those shipments that never made it across the big Pond???

In fact, was Ford using a dedicated series for their vehicles...... and having seen assembly lines which showed a mix of civilian and CMP models being put together did they use different serial ## which begs to be asked when were the serial numbers assigned to a vehicle..... when the vehicle was scheduled for the assembly line or after it left the line running....easily done today with computers but back then would have been a paper mess with multi carbon copies.!!!!

Comment!!!!!!!