Truck identification

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

These are my known 1941 Model chassis:

11844010482
1844012843
1844012961[PORTEE?]
>>>>>>A/TANK PORTEE 1844013289 ENGINE # XR3,709,130 PAINT F.C.98 [IN N.Z.]
1844013828
1844013951
1844013992
1844014026
1844021385 ENGINE # XR3,735,940
1844024391
1844024637
1844024806
1844024849
1844025071
1844025194
1844025305 ENGINE # XR3,742,940
1844025673
1844025958
1844026425 ENGINE # XR3,756,023 BODY 2868
1844026589
1844031322
1844031330
>>>>>84-40X2 A/TANK PORTEE 1844031352 ENGINE # XR3,759,384 PAINT FC98 [IN N.Z.]
1844031394
>>>> 84-40X2 1844031433 A/TANK PORTEE ENGINE # XR3,757,180 PAINT FC98 [IN N.Z.]
1844031565 [PORTEE?]
1844031586 [PORTEE?]
1844031599
1844031619
1844031681
1844031703
1844031706
1844031799
>>>>>1844031825 A/TANK PORTEE ENGINE NUMBER XR3,742,886 # L4595318 NOVEMBER 21 1941
>>>>>1844031840 A/TANK PORTEE ENGINE NUMBER XR3,742,962 # L4594778 [NOVEMBER 21 1941]
1844031842[PORTEE?]
1844031932
>>>>>1844032663 ENGINE # XR 3,757,585 BODY SERIAL 3655 PAINT FC98 [IN N.Z.]
1844078896
1844081674

See where the KNOWN Portees intersperse. However some of the above may also have been Portees of course.

2. Known and possible Portee chassis:

1844013289 ENGINE # XR3,709,130
1844012961[PORTEE?]
1844031352 ENGINE # XR 3,759,384
1844031433 ENGINE # XR3,757,180 S/M 2028
1844031565 [PORTEE?]
1844031586 [PORTEE?]
1844031825 ENGINE NUMBER XR3,742,886 S/M 2028 # L4595318 NOVEMBER 21 1941
1844031840 W.D. # L4594778 ENGINE # XR3,742,962 S/M 2028
1844031842 [PORTEE?]
1844032663 ENGINE # XR3,757,585

Example of build plate:

GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA
MADE IN GM CANADA
OSHAWA WALKERVILLE REGINA
MODEL 84-40x2
SERIAL 1844013289
ENGINE 3709130 BODY SERIAL 606
TRIM XR PAINT F.C.98
On another brass plate:
Contract no V.4229, Supply Mech 2028.

Note that the Ministry of Supply placed two contracts: V.4229 was a domestic one, and the overseas order was S/M 2028, the same as for C-GT tractors.

Further, when the Portees were rebuilt to 17-pounder tractors the Census Number prefix changed from 'L' as a 3-tonner truck chassis, to 'H' as a 'tractor'. The C-GT chassis retained the 'H' prefix throughout unless anyone knows of any being rebuilt?