2010 at the Hammond Barn

[Jordan Baker]

Not being much of an acedemic, but a professional, none-the-less I would think it would be for the Regiment De La Chaudiers. I hope you can sleep well tonight Mr Boobee.

[Bob Carriere]

.... I must admit, at first, it did not make much sense to me....

....but then Rob pointed out the abreviation....R. DECHAUD. and according to him the hill in the background are probably early ValCartier PQ.....

Does anyone knows what color the plate/numbers would have been in 1940 for Qc.

A charming picture....early C8 with no front vent....and what I believe to be a woven steel mesh Ford grill...... shudder !!!! very common for that era..


Bob

[RHClarke]

Le Régiment de la Chaudière now hails from Beauceville, Thetford Mines, Lac Mégantic and the neighbouring areas. It was formed in 1939 as a machine gun battalion and was sent to England in 1941. Members of the regiment participated in the D-Day landings. The locals were astonished to find out that there were French speaking troops in the invasion force. They were more than a little confused by the regiment's name, as a chaudiere was a water heater...the explanation given for the regiment's name - it was named after the river in Quebec by the same name. If you get a chance to see the Chaudiere River in all of its glory, it will become apparent how it got its name - the water appears to be boiling as it rolls along certain parts of its course.

The photo may have been taken at or near the rifle ranges in Valcartier - judging by the photo of the mountain in the background. Bob, I knew that you would appreciate the photo as only a Monkey Face aficionado would...

[Grant Bowker]

I'm not sure about colours but start at
http://www.canplates.com/quebec.html
The plate shown as 1937-1943 appears brown (slight reddish tinge) on my monitor with white print. I have no idea if all plates for a given year were the same colour or if cars and commercials had different colours. the pictured plate seems to be white print on dark background which fits the above. Another site says that 1940 car plates were white on black.
A third site shows both car and truck plates for the same tears (but not 1940, oldest shown example is 1966) and the colours are the same in each case shown.
The linked site contains confirmation that the plate is commercial, not car, apparently F=frais.
As curiosity Quebec's 1944 plates were black lettereing on a light grey background on a masonite plate. Ontario for 1944 was a decal placed on the windshield to extend the 1943 plate.

[Jordan Baker]

Here yah go.

[Grant Bowker]

That is the second site II looked at, it looks like a 1940 car plate (no F prefix) so I'm still not sure about truck plates.

[Phil Waterman]

Pictures like this are undiscovered bits of history, seventy year old puzzles.

Thanks for finding, preserving and sharing.

Cheers Phil

[Jason Ginn]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

.... I must admit, at first, it did not make much sense to me....

....but then Rob pointed out the abreviation....R. DECHAUD. and according to him the hill in the background are probably early ValCartier PQ.....

Does anyone knows what color the plate/numbers would have been in 1940 for Qc.

A charming picture....early C8 with no front vent....and what I believe to be a woven steel mesh Ford grill...... shudder !!!! very common for that era..


Bob

Nice find Rob!

Isn't the old ghost a C15?

Interesting how they have the direction on rear tires reversed. I wonder if this actually improves traction with Chevron pattern directionals, or was it just luck of the draw when installing replacement tires that were pre-mounted on rims.

David seems to have a C15 that is ten census numbers off of this one. 40-1-703 is in your pic and 40-1-713 is in his yard! http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8622

[Bob Carriere]

I had the C right.... but yes it is a C15 has it has runningboards.....

The rear wheels are mounted backwards to facilitate a retreat to the rear..... a left over from the French army....

Bottom line it must have been a nightmare for the motor pool to have the proper orientation of tires...... I can just hear it...... sorry Sir you can't have your vehicle ready untill we find some right side tires....!

Strange coincidence to have two trucks so far apart within Canada.

Bob C

[RHClarke]

Winter prep. Two words. Important work. Bob and Grant spent a good portion of the last few weekends clearing brush from the trailer parking area and the road to the wagon lines. A few large trees will now feed Lucifer on those rapidly approaching cold days. Bob also spread some gravel over the driveway near his house and on the road leading to the barn. They did a great job as you can now see the wagon lines from the trailer park. I missed out on these activities to recover from a run in with a large tree branch (it went down with a good fight...).

This weekend I finally got long-haired niner's authorization to go to the barn. The first order of business was to clean out the 45 HUP shelter so that I could move around in it. The 43 HUP shelter also needed a cleaning out. Storage space is becoming somewhat tight at the moment, so we had to make due with the resources at hand. My old car shelter (used for the infamous BBQs) got damaged in a recent wind storm. The fabric was shredded in many places rendering it useful only for covering engines etc... The frame was repaired and set up next to the 45 HUP shelter. Since I had some of Greg Wright's famous modular tent pieces, they were used to "wrap" the shelter. It would have taken three center sections to totally cover the shelter frame, but I only had two available. However I did have two end pieces and the result can be seen below. Today I spent a few hours moving various HUP pieces into the "new" shelter. I still have to put some shelving together, but overall the new shelter has given me the space to move around freely in the other shelters. I suspect that that space will be taken up with future acquistions (I hope).

Photo 1: Bob and Grant bleeding babbits
Photo 2: The "new" shelter
Photo 3: The first rule of HUP Club is "You always talk about HUPs"...

[RHClarke]

Whew! MLU is back up and running...withdrawal is bitch. Anyway, Saturday was dedicated to a bit of maintenance. Bob's tractor required some work on its power steering pump. We broke down the pump and found that one of the many small and delicate gaskets had ruptured, thus permitting the pump fluid to leak past the drive shaft and into the crankcase. After new gaskets and a seal were installed we put everything back together. The acid test came later in the afternoon when we moved some trees to the cutting pile near the wagon lines. The oil level dropped somewhat, but there were no noticeable leaks or loss of power. Fingers crossed!

Following the pump maintenance, our attention turned to the 45 HUP. I took the truck out to the mud hole near the wagon lines and had some fun trying to get her stuck. During the ride, I was having problems with the engine when shifting from first to second. The engine would labour and then stall. The issue turned out to be timing. Back at the barn, Bob adjusted the dizzy and showed me the two adjustment nuts that had to played with to ensure that things worked well. The following test drive showed a dramatic improvement in speed and engine performance. Bob came along for the ride and wisely grabbed ahold of the OJC handle on the passenger side of the truck. We tried starting out in second gear and the truck took off with no hesitation whatsoever. Some day soon, we will be taking the HUP back to the big field for some more cross country fun. I'll be sure to bring the video camera.

A big thanks to Bob for the timing adjustment and the subsequent adjustment lesson.

Photo: The HUP warms up (-2oC at 1300hrs) while Bob heads over to chat with Joyce

[RHClarke]

I ran into a former co-worker at the recent Ottawa Militaria Show. I wasn't aware of his interest in things military of a historic bent, but Mike recently got interested in the historic military vehicle scene. I showed him the photo of the C15 I bought at the show and he mentioned that he had a number of photographs taken by his grandfather during WWII .

Mike's grandfather was with the Canadian Ordnance Corps stationed at Peper Harow, Surrey, England. This was the location where vehicles and equipment were readied for both the Dieppe and Normandy operations. It was also the Headquarters for the Cdn Ordnance Corps in England.

I got 10 small photos and five slightly larger photos showing Canadian Army vehicles and equipment parked in the beautiful English countryside. Please note that these photos are the property of the owner and are not to be used without his permission (thru me).

You Ford nuts will love these shots, but there is something there for everyone. The first is a close up of a row of Fords: