YOUR DODGE D-15 pictures - wanted!

[Erwin]

Hi everybody

I would like to encourage you to post PICTURES of Dodge D-15s.

1. Wartime or 2. restored and running.

My D-15 is on the road since 2010. It´s now rebuilt from (postwar Austrian) LH steering to (original) RH steering. Paintwork follows the GO. Only AFTER painting according the GO I found pictures of original D-15s in Italy - and luckily the camo scheme matched;-)

I followed the track of the vehicle:

Build date: 2 10 1943. No: 910 48 555. On the frame I found LIGHT STONE as basic color, but it was overall OD when it arrived in Austria. It came with the 8th Army via Italy. After the British forces left the truck was sold as surplus and used by a local blacksmith until the 1980ies. There I found it in a barn in 2004.

The livery resembles a vehicle of the 8th army, 78th Battleaxe Div. This Scottish division entered Austria from the south and played a role in the infamous massacre of the Cossacks in Carinthia by handing them over to the Soviets. Later it was a main part of the British Occupation Forces in Austria.

The blue marking stands for an engineer battalion.

The truck is very reliable, and I even regularly use it for shopping.

Alright, please go ahead and let me see YOUR pictures.

Cheers, Erwin

DODGE - DEPENDABLE TRUCKS.

[Simon Balding]

Wow, I love the paint job. Very nice.
Its great to see another one of these rare trucks still running.
Here's my September 1942 D15 15CWT GS.

Photos next to my Dad's '47 Canadian Dodge Sedan and my wife's 1943 WC54 Dodge Ambulance.

Markings are 396 GT Coy RASC 8th Army 1944 Italy.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This picture was taken during the Corridortour 1989 at Nijmegen by Peter van Wijk.

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[Bob Carriere]

How are the CMP rims fitted to what axle????? are they Dodge axles or did you use CMP axles. or did Dodge have their own axles with adapters to allow CMP rims to be used....?

Thanks

Bob C

[Pete Ashby]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

How are the CMP rims fitted to what axle????? are they Dodge axles or did you use CMP axles. or did Dodge have their own axles with adapters to allow CMP rims to be used....?

Thanks

Bob C

They are Dodge Brothers produced axles and hubs Bob
Pete

[Pete Ashby]

Here's my D15 water tanker Erwin

It is currently undergoing full ground up restoration if you follow the link you can see the restoration blog I'm running on HMVF. http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/38577-dodge-d15t/

Pete

[Erwin]

@Simon: Very beautiful truck! Superb restoration! Thank you for the nice pictures!
@Hanno: Thank you for the great picture!
@Pete: Wow-a water bowser! What a nice and complete basis! Saw the pictures on your blog! Great!

This is what this thread is about: just D-15 pictures...!
Keep on posting MORE pictures please:-)

Here´s an original:

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Erwin

My D-15 is on the road since 2010. It´s now rebuilt from (postwar Austrian) LH steering to (original) RH steering.

Erwin,

I forgot to congratulate you on your D15. It turned out really smart!

Note: for those who have missed it, see http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12401 for a picture of what Erwin started off with...

Originally Posted by Erwin

I would like to encourage you to post PICTURES of Dodge D-15s.
1. Wartime or 2. restored and running.

Here are some links to related threads:

1. Wartime
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1249
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29074
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?p=87506


2. restored and running (or under restoration)
- D15 under restoration in Belgium (from Austria): http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...d.php?p=162526
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7030
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=16762
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?p=68665

HTH,
Hanno

[Pete Ashby]

Couple more photos showing left and right sides of an early first contract D15 tanker in light stone.
Sorry no reference for these as I can't remember now were on the web I took them from, may be IWM but I suspect these may be factory photos by Dodge Bros.

Pete

[Erwin]

Alex, Simon, Pete:

Wonderful pictures! In particular the Jewish Brigade truck strikes me. Never seen it before! Great! But all of your posts are extremely fascinating!!

Hanno:

Thank you for your congratulations) and your reference link where it all started from...

All on the Softskin Forum:

P L E A S E keep paying tribute to an (attention-wise) underrated though absolutely beautiful 40ies truck with a unique British-Canadian-US family tree!
And post YOUR D-15 pictures here!

>>Any more restored ones?

Thank YOU
Erwin

[Pete Ashby]

Here's a couple of D15 vans in Polish service these photos would be either taken in Italy or possibly Austria credits are on the photos, notice the camouflage scheme Erwin

Pete

[Bob Carriere]

Peter

How did the ladies keep that "berret" firmly on the back of their heads????


Second question..... seeing you are from the UK and have seen your postings on other site........ I remember reading/seeing somewhere that there was a LRDG "repro" that was made in the UK using the Canadian Dodge axles that accepted the standard CMP rims........ any knowledge of who they were????

curious about their building process.......

Bob C

[Hanno Spoelstra]

D15 with census nr. CZ4218503, ex-Johan van Rijn in the Netherlands, sold to Belgium and then on to Simon Balding in the UK. Photos by Alex van de Wetering.

Pics of a D15 which recently changed ownership to follow sometime soon.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Pics of a D15 which recently changed ownership to follow sometime soon.

Here we go: this D15 changed hands in Belgium recently.

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