Farm find. Dodge APT.

[Jon Bradshaw]

Anyone know where to find the history of this truck?
I am guessing that it never left Canada but still curious.
Chassis ser number 91166498.

[maple_leaf_eh]

I'm going into this blind without a picture.

The farmers who survived the Depression and went through the war years struggling with make-do equipment, were buoyed by promises of abundant government surplus after the war. If any truck was suitable size to fit the sheds, bridges, fords and roadways, AND was reliable, chances are good it was worked until it expired. On the farms, machinery gets parked when it can't be repaired anymore. Then it sits around until two more generations of farmers and their set-aside equipment fill the edges of the farmyards. Only reluctantly do the old-timers sell off their old machinery. It might still have something to contribute to keeping something else running, and the sellers don't like being taken advantage of.

[SteveJ]

EH?



For the APT Emile Beckers book list the number produced at the 12000 mark.
He does list chassis numbers from 91167301 to 91168195 but also footnotes approximation of numbers.
Clearly yours is before that (91166498?). How many went overseas how many stayed. Hopefully someone else with info can chime in.

[rob love]

Jon:
Great find, but without photos it doesn't exist.


Curious observers gots to know.

[Jon Bradshaw]

Rob it exists but I am limited to my phone for computer access at the moment. Pics would not load from my phone today.
The front is complete and the rear is mostly rotted out.
Still I think it is a good find and mine now☺.
I will try later to find a computer and post pics.