Curious....3 Tonners in CDN

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Robert

You ask such a great question could we expand it to how many CMPs are currently on the road world wide?

Much along the line of the tread of Bob Fasts MLU country thread leaders???


What do you think, lets try and get a snap shot of what CMPs are on the road what they are and where?

Suggested status:

Registered for the Road

Under Restoration but drive-able

Un-restored but drive-able


What do you think?

Cheers Phil

[Geoff Bottoms]

I have a running 1943 F60 in Windsor Ontario
You can see it on www.militarymuster.org web site under video links
and picture links.

[r.morrison]

Hi Phil: Sounds great to me. Your categories also work. I would suggest the year, model and serial numbers. Then a small catalogue could be kept. Photos, as you have suggested, definitely!! And if the owners are lucky, you could have your vehicle listed on Wikpedia, like my 3 tonner was.

It's funny how many non members read this forum, for all sorts of info. A couple of months ago, on this forum, a member was looking for measurements and details for a WW1 Enfield Grenade cup. I sent him photos and plans to make one. A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from a young girl who was desperate to find info for the same item. I sent her the same plans and photos and she just about crapped herself. Thanked me profusely and told me it was something to do with "Star Wars". Movie industry I guess, as she was from Southern California or as the younger generation say Socal. Does any one have a dictionary for that generation????

So, where do we go from here? I will be doing a photo shoot of my 2 CMP's and post them on the forum. This will happen when the G'D rain stops! So Phil, take it from here....Robert

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Suggested status:

Registered for the Road

Under Restoration but drive-able

Un-restored but drive-able

I'd add a status for "in the garage with lots of parts and waiting to be restored"

I think there's a lot of those out there that will either be a treasure trove for the lucky, or scrapped when the current owner passes away.

[Lynn Eades]

It sounds to me like you guys want a dedicated register, like with Jeeps on G503.
......Hanno!!!

[r.morrison]

Lynn: Nice to hear from you. In respect to the amount of 60CWT's made as well as all the other CMP variants and how few are left today....maybe not a bad idea. Still no steering wheel .....Robert

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

It sounds to me like you guys want a dedicated register, like with Jeeps on G503.
......Hanno!!!

I hear you..... Personally I have spent a large portion of my life on compiling the Sherman Register. I stopped actively compiling when the tally reached 1,000 records. That was around the time when the Internet kicked in, and much more information became available. Keeping my register up to date would have meant it would really become a day time job.

All I am trying to say is that what Phil is suggesting takes a heck of a lot of time. But be my guest, MLU is the platform to share such information!

Here are a couple of examples for those interested in compiling the "Surviving CMPs Register":

• Dutchmen Hendrik van Oorspronk and Jakob Oud started making a list of Dutch CMPs a couple of years ago, I helped by putting the pictures online and putting updates on MLU.
• I also made web pages on the Fox and C15TA, listing the survivors I knew of at the time of publication.

HTH,
Hanno

[r.morrison]

Hey Hanno: Been working on stencils and markings for the C60L. Going through the shelf of books and binders and came across a binder called CMP INFODEX by Peter J Ford of Canada. Published back in the 80's from what I can see. Ever heard of it? Robert

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by r.morrison

Hey Hanno: Been working on stencils and markings for the C60L. Going through the shelf of books and binders and came across a binder called CMP INFODEX by Peter J Ford of Canada. Published back in the 80's from what I can see. Ever heard of it? Robert

Hi Robert,

Yes of course, Peter Ford's CMP INFOEX! I have just merged some older threads on this subject. No, I have never seen it but would love to.

Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here are a couple of examples for those interested in compiling the "Surviving CMPs Register":

And of course we should not forget the Canadian Register, the register of surviving Canadian ex-military vehicles, currently with 242 records in their database - see http://www.canadianregister.co.uk.

H.

[r.morrison]

Pm me Hanno with your address. Cheers....Robert

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

My aim was a much less grant effort than a full registry besides why duplicate the current web effort. That has been done, as Hanno comments and requires a great deal of work as the efforts of people like John Merchants, Work Play with Ex-Military Vehicles, or Peter Ford's Infoex, or web based Canadian Register http://www.canadianregister.co.uk/index.html has shown. These efforts have collected a great deal of information.

What I was trying to suggesting was a much more modest Snap Shot of MLU readers about what we currently have out there running around in 2012.

Cheers Phil