Bob, interesting points there! Who can say whether cabs with no holes or vents were mixed on the line with those with ventilation? There must have been a period when cabs (from Fords) were being delivered and then stored in the changeover period and some mixing-up occurred.
The only differences that I know of in these early trucks btween Canadian D.N.D. and British orders was from the DND papers:
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Another concern in Ottawa was that the British orders varied slightly from the Canadian vehicles. The D.M.A. [Director of Munitions and Artillery] had to reprove [British] Col. Butler through Lieut.-Colonel J.H. Smith of the British Supply Board in Canada because a request had been made for tyre chains etc. to be shipped without rust protection which demonstrated lack of ignorance of Canadian practice. Butler had given the D.N.D. to understand that the vehicles purchased for the “British account” as they were officially called, were to be of the same specifications as those for the C.A.S.F. , and thus in theory to W.D. specifications. Experience had shown that metal corroded rapidly without the application of the Degas coating which was applied on C.A.S.F. vehicles. There were slight differences between what were supposed to be identical vehicles, e.g. gas tank filler necks, but it would be advantageous to share information for mutual benefit: could any changes in specification please be routed through his office in future?
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So who knows if there were any other differences in these early days?