Ford 01A(F) Complete after 12 years!

[Keith Webb]

Wow, that is a beauty!

Congratulations on finishing it, and to find the original handbook... with the vehicle's identity... unbelievable.

Looking forward to seeing more images, particularly of the interior.

[Ganmain Tony]

Gday Ian

Good show! Fabulous looking vehicle...

12 years...it does slip away doesnt it?

Some photo's under the bonnet would be great as well.

Before the restoration started too?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Ian,

Excellent! I have a soft spot for early Staff cars. Well done on the resto!

But, how and in what state did you find this gem?

Finding the handbook along with details on the previous owner is indeed unique.....and I love the fact that it is an original Staff car, not a recently militarized civvy car.

Normandy?

Alex

[Ian McCallum]

Looking forward to seeing more images, particularly of the interior.

Sorry for the delay in responding.

Attach a few shots to give an idea of what it was like interior wise. Very poor condition ut at least complete so had all the patterns. As said previously fabrikoid was well past it, very brittle and lots of tears plus at some time in service it had also been overpainted green.

All photos were taken inside the garage and do not really give the best image of what it looks like in the daylight but will do as a starter.

Yours Aye,

Ian

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[Ian McCallum]

And Some More.

Ian

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[Phil Waterman]

Hi Ian

Great work on the Ford, the Before and After Photos are always of great interest when a vehicle is on display.

Always interesting to watch people at a meet or show looking at vehicles they always seem to take more time looking at the detail of vehicles that have a photo or information display. Seems to engage them more in the vehicle.

Cheers Phil

[Jordan Baker]

Looks great. I've got a highres scan of the proper early war 2nd Div formation sign. The maple leaf is rather funky looking compared to the more common style you have used. I'll post it tomorrow.

[Ian McCallum]

Thanks to you all for the positive feedback, new information, and offers enabling me to get it right. I only wish I had explored the Drivers Handbook details earlier.

When I did I initially got it wrong, thinking the first part of the service number was '13'. Therefore when Ed Storey was asked he came back informing it was not a Canadian service number as they were all prefixed with a letter. It was only when I was drafting my 'public information board' that on looking again I realised it was in fact not '13' but 'B'. When Ed checked again we immediately found the service number related to J.Dickson who had served for some of his service with the 1st. MTVRD. I now have the correct vehicle serial for this vehicle and 50% of the correct unit signs, with hopefully the complete story before too long. I can also take the opportunity for a photo shoot at Bordon, where there were based for all of their UK life, as I journey south for our Normandy trip very shortly. I am currently putting the finishing touches and tweaks to the car plus packing the spares into the underfloor boot, sorry trunk, storage. I may see some of you over there the vehicle being quite distinctive. Will be at Arromances on the 6th, Port en Besin on the 7th and Bayeux/Tilly on the 8th plus a lot more.

I will try and get some outside shots if time and weather permits today, but sure as hell will have loads soon!

Thanks again for all the help and please keep it coming. Has anyone got any decent photos for instance of these LC424-C-PASS-1's in service? Funnily enough if you look in Bart's Historic Military Vehicle Directory, page 41, the vehicle serial shown in the photo is 4 digits from mine!

Yours Aye,

Ian

[Jordan Baker]

Here is the proper style of Div marking for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division for the first half of the war.