Canada Manufacture 1942 3 ton Dodge Truck T110-L-5

[Paul Westbrook]

Great to get your feedback and sorry I thought I had included a photo but will try again this time. Once again greatly appreciate your input. This vehicle I am told saw active service in Egypt as a convoy truck before returning to Australia. Hopefully I have the photo included now. Cheers!

[Mike K]

Could be where a sun visor was mounted ?

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Could be where a sun visor was mounted ?

I agree with Mike. The sun visor.

Welcome to MLU. Paul. You will get plenty of help here.

How about some photos of your Dodge as there are not too many being restored.

Rick.

[Mike Cecil]

Agree: sun visor: a military requirement in Australian vehicles, and the round base with three screws is characteristic of the s/v base mount.

However, if it was in Egypt, it must have been acquired in theatre - the AIF did not take/send Dodge vehicles to Egypt - so acquired from a British contract, perhaps? Can you tell us the story about the Egypt angle as far as you know it, please.

So are you really based in China?

Mike

[cliff]

I agree - sunvisor.

Photos and details of the data plate including serial numbers would be appreciated as well please

[Paul Westbrook]

Hi All, really great to get your feedback on this and appreciate the camaraderie here. Don't know much about its history of this truck other than about 100 of these trucks came back to Australia after the war where certain military parts where removed and the tray altered for domestic us and then sold to farmers.
I am only in China for work as my heart is back in Aust as nothing better than a Saturday afternoon in the shed.
Note that the tyres on this are the original 10.5 x 16 1942 big ribs used for desert application. Too perished to drive but gives a good indication to its originality.

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Paul,

Very nice straight example. Nice find indeed. There is a companion to this truck (same number block) in the AWM collection in Canberra (but I cannot locate the entry for it on-line).

s/n 91024778 is almost certainly somewhere in the Army registration number block from 120801 to 121834. I've got all manner of s/ns around it (including 91024780), but have not got that particular s/n listed.

The truck is a standard T110L fitted with 10.50x16 chevron pattern bar tread tyres which were a general use military tyre and not peculiar to desert applications. It was assembled in Australia - it has the Australian timber tray body and POW can boxes, and Aust Army pressed steel (two piece) roof hatch with top-hat section grab handles rail, and the cab fittings for the .303 inch BREN LAAMG mount on the cab rear left corner. I suspect you'll find the fitting to stow the BREN in the cab, if not, then certainly the mounting holes. It' s also still fitted with CMP-type black out driving 'spots' on the lower edge of the front mudguards.

Altogether, a really, really nice example and appears from your images to be very original. So congrats!

When you are able and if you wish to, post the engine number and we'll see if it can be traced via that way. Otherwise, carefully sand off the rounded face of the bonnet & nose on each side: the reg number should be under that top-coat of paint, in white numerals about 3.5 inches in height.

Mike