CFR plate 08888

[Frank v R]

Hi Guys , Eric Booth swears he took a photo of this plate somewhere here in the forum, does anyone know who has it and where in the forum he may have found it, hope someone can help,
Frank

[45jim]

I drove an M38A1 with that CFR when it was held by B Coy the Lorne Scots PD&H in Brampton, Ontario. Would have been 1983 or so. Nickname in the Regt was "crazy eights".

[maple_leaf_eh]

I believe .... a fellow in Kemptville has the plate, or at least one of the many replacement plates. He hasn't shown it to me, only smiles and winks about it.

[Frank v R]

the reason I'm looking is due to fact the jeep is sitting behind my shop and I would like to see the two together again , it isn't very often that something like this can happen,
Frank

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by 45jim

I drove an M38A1 with that CFR when it was held by B Coy the Lorne Scots PD&H in Brampton, Ontario. Would have been 1983 or so. Nickname in the Regt was "crazy eights".

...and so did I!

I swear that this vehicle had a GPMG pedestal mount fitted. This was confirmed by someone you may know...Brad Bean.

Trouble is, Frank can't find any evidence of a pedestal having been fitted.

Perhaps re-tubbed?

[maple_leaf_eh]

"Interesting... One Meeelion dollars! LOL
First, I'd have to see if I still have it... haven't seen that stuff since I moved 3 years ago.
Cheers"

[45jim]

was issued to the Infantry. No GPMG mount.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by 45jim

was issued to the Infantry. No GPMG mount.

The mystery continues.

Jim, was there another jeep in the compound with a pedestal, c.1976?

[rob love]

The pedestal mount could well be in a infantry unit. It was the side arm that was intended for the light recce, although a few did move around due to VMOs. I remember one kicking around cougar support squadron in Gagetown in 1980, and on a M151A2 no less.

Has anyone looked up the unit history of this truck on the EDR viewer?

[Frank v R]

Hi Guys, I know that these were uncommon mounts in the CF , some M-31 & M-31C mount kits in the crates did come out of Pet about 15-20 years ago and went to one of the dealers south of the boarder, the M-31 kits had WW2 dates on them , the C had the support arms, I have seen some on the M-38's in Germany but never on any M-38A1's cdn, I have seen the GPMG mounts on M-38A1 cdn, cdn2 , cdn3 and the A2 Mutts we had , I still hope someone can come up with the plate , John said they used the vehicle for a movie , the production Co. may have just used a prop, hope all this helps,
regards Frank

[45jim]

I didn't join the reserves until 1982, so I can't speak of vehicles before I arrived. in 1976, I was a cadet.

We had a very small pool of vehicles in Brampton as I remember. One 5/4 ton sigs van, a couple of the old Deuce-and-a-half's, an M 37 radio van (which departed soon after I drove it) a few militia 1 ton Chevy's and only two or three M38A1's. We had no pedestal mounts, side mounts or anything like that around. The only pedestal mount I ever saw was in Cyprus for the M38A1's. They were still hanging around in the QM after we switched to Ilitis for RHQ Recce Troop.