[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Thanks for the serial number! I have added it to my database. On checking my database I found that I know of one 1940 Model C8, which must therefore have been a Canadian order, but now in Aussie. This cannot have been an original British order, as all were serialled as 1941 Models, although outstanding Canadian orders carried on even after British start-up at the end of August 1940, with 1940 Model Year prefixes. S/M 2029 consisted of British order C8s, that were landed then shipped off again, plus some that were diverted and delivered to Alexandria direct. The 2029 contract also included some Dodge D8 Personnel trucks as well. S/M 2030 was the Ford F8 order, and 2031 the C15 AND F15 order. Some of 2029 and 2030 were bodied as Wireless trucks, some G/S and some Personnel. Basically they were chassis-cabs bodied in the UK, or I suppose in N Africa. There are official photos available of C8 Personnel and F8 trucks in British service in the IWM, and I have a copy of the C8 one, in what I believe is a desert style camo paint job.