Commer Q2: Truck, 15-cwt, 4x2, Van

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Would this be a wartime combo....or is this a post-war rebuild of one of the 15cwt's...fitted with a closed cab from a Q2 or Q4? (can't remember seeing a 15cwt Commer with closed cab before...

Well, have a close look here for a survivor!

Commer Q 15 1940
Untouched 15 cwt, 220 th of 294/V/4335 contract, running, to be restored, w/ builder plates, period parts list & instruction book, French papers, a rare survivor of early years of war. Located in Normandy.
0033 (0)232 583899
Ludovic Meyer
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[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Well, have a close look here for a survivor!

Hi Hanno,
What a find! This is one of 350, the contract was dated 21st May 1942. Described as Q15 Loose Tilt Van for War Office.

[Richard Farrant]

Hanno,
I put the incorrect contract details on my previos post, now corrected. Going by a photocopy of original Rootes wartime contracts list, although the contract was for the WO, I think that the rear number plate might have an RAF number on it .......... or is it a French civilian number?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Wow, very nice! I am glad my presumption of closed cabs on a 15cwt chassis being non-orginal proved to be wrong...what a nice truck.

I think that the rear number plate might have an RAF number on it .......... or is it a French civilian number?

Richard, I think you might be right....does it say "RAF" on the first line of the licence plate? I guess if it was post-war French civilian, a licence plate on the left hand of the truck would be more logical? Although I am not sure if the rules were so strict that people actually had to move the plate from right to left on trucks like these.

@ Hanno....something for Bert? Location sounds good and I am positive you and I could help him pick the truck up

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Richard, I think you might be right....does it say "RAF" on the first line of the licence plate? I guess if it was post-war French civilian, a licence plate on the left hand of the truck would be more logical? Although I am not sure if the rules were so strict that people actually had to move the plate from right to left on trucks like these.

Hi Alex,
Well, I thought it looked like RAF on upper line, no sign of postwar rear lights. I wonder why there is no photo taken from the front?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Alex,
Well, I thought it looked like RAF on upper line, no sign of postwar rear lights. I wonder why there is no photo taken from the front?

Same here; would love to see picture from the front of the truck. Are the front wheels original? They do seem different from the picture Hanno posted from Bart's book.

[Alan McGuinness]

The rear wheels look correct - not your normal WD pattern wheel - but a different type appear to have been fitted on the front axle.

Interesting to see a square-arched 15cwt body on a British vehicle - looks almost like a F15!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another variant of the Q2, this one was used by the RAF to pre-heat aircraft engines.

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Source: http://flipacars.com/cars/commer/com...otos.html#gp/1

[serge]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

That Q15 is back on the market:

http://www.leboncoin.fr/equipement_a...43.htm?ca=11_s

Hello

Seen in the "BON COIN" web site, this teuck was for sale for the price of 5000 euros. The truck is in BRETAGNE (FRANCE).
The cab is in a good state and the body seems to be original

[Hanno Spoelstra]

That Q15 is back on the market:

http://www.leboncoin.fr/equipement_a...43.htm?ca=11_s