1951 M100 Trailers

[Eric B]

Hello

I am trying to determine who made our Canadian M100 Trailers in 1951. Motor Coach Industries had the contract for those made in 1952 and 1953. From a DND list i have it shows those built in 1951 as being built by MCI as well.

Does anybody own a 1951 trailer in Canada and if so can you please provide me the company and serial number so i can verify my list.

I am working on a 1/4 ton trailer book for Service Publications.

Thanks
Eric

[rob love]

I wouldn't bet the farm on the 1951 dates being correct. Are there serial numbers associated with the CFRs?

I used to own serial number 18, which was made by MCI in Dec of 52.

Somewhere I thought I read about a half dozen being brought up from the US including one or two line variants. But I have never been able to re-find that information. I think one may have been made of aluminum as well?

Seems to me that a very early one, or possibly a variant, was found in BC a few years back and posted on here. Perhaps check with Colin Stevens....I think he posted about it.

[Eric B]

Hello Rob

I have these three, one in the photo 51-71283.

and from EDR

1951 71278* 001* TRAILER MISC SMP* X5170000* TRAILER MISC 1951 MOTOR COACH IND M100 MA 131101* 0145* 0145* YES NO

1951 71282* 001* TRAILER MISC SMP* X5170000* TRAILER MISC 1951 MOTOR COACH IND M100 MB 131101* 0145* 0145* DP353405 25-Feb-92 YES NO

I am thinking we bought these with the 1951 M38's as they would have been shipped to Germany to update their fleet. The manufacture could be wrong.

Thanks

Eric

[rob love]

Interesting. I think somewhere before on MLU we discussed the number of trailers made. Since they started (I presume) at 70000 and went up, the three you mention are up there, and should likely be 1953s. That is, unless the number produced was somewhere around 1275, and perhaps they assigned CFRs to the early pilot trailers after the run of normal production.

[Robert Bergeron]

Eric, you mentioned Service publications. Did someone continue the good work and take over after the founder's passing ? If , so , who ?

Thanks.

Robert

[Grant Bowker]

For your exploration
https://servicepub.com/publications