Dutch CMPs

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Keith..
They never shift gears...try double clutching in wooden shoes..especially in an 11 cab...

It's known as "double declogging" isn't it?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

It's known as "double declogging" isn't it?

And of course you know all these trucks carried cheese!

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Below you will find an impression of this year's remembrance of Market Garden.

British and Dutch Parachutists jumped from three Hercules troopships and a Dakota, on the Ginkel Heath near Ede. A B25 Mitchell fomed the escort for the Dakota. As usual there was a nice selection of Military Vehicles, some of which joined the "Race to the Bridge", while others drove a similar tour of the Battlefield.
I was really stunned to find 3 Ford F8's on the Ginkel Heath.....yes......3.....THREE! Tres, Trois, drei, drie!! It's funny to see that all of them were different in certain details.

Hanno, time to update the list of Dutch CMP's!

Thanks for adding these pistures to the database, Alex! Methinks these three were all imported by Dirk. I see the Witten F8 is now sporting a census number and a white star. Pity, with that Light Stone colour I would have opted for a North African camouflage scheme (remember the white star was only added to vehicles prior to D-Day).

Oh, and thanks for the C8A picture, hadn´t one of that one yet. Any more pics of CMPs?

H.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hanno,

Here is another CMP at last saterday's Market Garden remembrance. It had had the winch rollers both front and back.....an CGT originally????

2 cab 11's, a cab 12 and two cab 13's.....not a bad score!

Yes, I agree with you that the star on the desert F8 is somewhat odd. It could be that they got fed up with people asking them if the truck why the truck was in primer.
I believe the brown one was imported by the owner himself along with two others. The restoration was finished one or two years ago, just in time for "Bevrijdingsdag", which was the only appearance the truck made, so far. It wasn't actually the owner driving it, but one of his mates.

The green one seems to have come from the UK (see the remains of the UK registration on the bumper) and the owner didn't change anything to it yet.

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Here is another CMP at last saterday's Market Garden remembrance. It had had the winch rollers both front and back.....an CGT originally????

Don't think so, on those 16" wheels it would hardly move. Most likely one of many 15-cwt retrofitted with a winch.

Nice crop of CMPs, good to see them coming from everywhere!

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another "then" picture, found on http://www.legervoertuigen.nl/terug_...in_de_tijd.htm

It shows an F60L of the "1-111 Transportbataljon". Picture was made during the summer of 1951 at the Ripperdakazerne at Haarlem, courtesy of Mr. Lochem of Hilversum.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Also see crop spraying tender for some period pictures of a Dutch C60L:

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

It shows an F60L of the "1-111 Transportbataljon". Picture was made during the summer of 1951 at the Ripperdakazerne at Haarlem, courtesy of Mr. Lochem of Hilversum.

Some more pictures of CMP´s in Netherlands Army use:


These scanned postcards are courtesy of Wim den Dunnen.

H.