Keith said 'The info Mike has provided is about as much as is available - the AWM 126 series of vehicle registration records are pretty light on for detail unfortunately and usually only show the ARN, engine and chassis number, wheel size, body type, where taken on charge, sometimes engine number changes, and often disposal dates and where they were disposed and to whom." which is all true, of course.
When the ARN is not visible, the hard part is matching an engine or chassis number to the ARN - they are not in any particular order in the registers. This time, thanks to knowing 89134's details from previous posts, it made it easier, but that's mostly not the case. It's usually like looking for a needle in a haystack (and it is a very big haystack!) Beyond that, finding an individual history on a particular vehicle is almost impossible.
Your truck was also a 'Stores Unbinned', so a GS-type steel base body with hood bows and a cyclone-wire 'cage', all covered with a canvas canopy. Overall colour at time of issue would have been Khaki Green No.3 (Gas Resisting), possibly with a single or double disruptive colour applied, and since it continued to serve post-war, was probably overpainted (when it needed a paint job), with Deep Bronze Green with a gloss finish. Be nice to see a 'Stores Unbinned' restored as such.
Mike
Last edited by Mike Cecil; 02-06-15 at 03:40.
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