C8 data plate

[cletrac (RIP)]

I made it back to the Cab 12 and took some pix. Note the spare tire holder in the front of the box and the rear window treatment.
I figured I might as well post the Dodge pic too and the ball turret. The turret has bullet feeds for two 50 cals but I'm not sure what it's off of. One of those would look good mounted hanging from a street light pole as a gate guard, wouldn't it?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I now have these in total. Production ended late 1941, so these were all 1942 MODELS but built in Fall 1941:


2842001130 ENGINE # MR3,765,943 BODY SERIAL # 155!
2842001139 ENGINE # MR3,766,036 BODY SERIAL # 146
2842001192 ENGINE # WR3,765,985
2842001330 ENGINE # WR3,766,091
2842001378
2842001395
2842001422
2842001427
2842001497

Note chassis 1139 has body 155, whereas the chassis about 30 minutes later down the line had body 146! I now need to check whether 1192 and 1330 actually had 'MR' engine ' prefixes and not 'WR'..I do wonder if MR was a mis-stamp for 'WR' which was appropriate and used on the heavier chassis. I have no other evidence of any 'MR'-prefixed engines.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I looked at that F8 with the winged mercury on the hood the other day and it dawned on me what it is. That's your gas detection paint and the guy that applied it got creative. Here's a better pic.