Proud to be an MV Owner at 18 Years Old

[Frank v R]

Happy days Kolten , do some wet sanding in all the correct places and you should find some parts of your puzzle, also what we talked about by speaking to the former owners to see if they have any photos of the vehicle, with the GPMG mount it can only have belonged to a few units in the Toronto area , QYRANGS, GGHG, ONTR, come to mind

[Ryan Harriman]

That was a great deal on that jeep...it went for 1/3 of its value. Nice find.

Ryan

[Ed Storey]

It was disposed of out of Toronto in Aug 1988.

[chris vickery]

Holten, I own CFR 08889 which was held by the Queens York Rangers. Mine has provision for radio and gpmg mount as well. Actually mine came with the plate for the gpmg still attached. If interested the plate is available for sale.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Holten, I own CFR 08889 which was held by the Queens York Rangers. Mine has provision for radio and gpmg mount as well. Actually mine came with the plate for the gpmg still attached. If interested the plate is available for sale.

I have 08876 ex QYRang (pronounced Kwai-rang), which came with the GPMG base installed.

I have my doubts about the left rear quarter antenna base. In my limited experience with Quebec's reserve armoured units, none had that particular feature. If they were for an additional radio, I don't remember ever seeing one. I am suspicious that it is someone's "improvement" to make it look like a photo.

[David Dunlop]

Terry, FWIW, many years ago, QOCHC here in town had a pair of these jeeps in a basement lockup at Minto Armories. One was equipped with a pair of C42 sets, one either side at the rear. At the back end there was a large corner bracket assembly mounted left rear corner supporting one aerial. The second aerial was as per the photos posted here. The left side aerial base sat about a foot and a half lower that the one above the spare wheel assembly.

Kolten's jeep looks like it might have had the left corner aerial mount setup at one time. What strikes me as odd though is the antennae tuner meter is facing outwards. Totally useless for the operator inside the vehicle.

On reflection, the two jeeps at Minto may have been RWR property, or 735 Sig Sqdn.


David

[chris vickery]

All three of my CDN 3 jeeps have provisions for the LH rear corner mount antenna bracket...

[rob love]

The holes for the corner mounts were on all the Cdn2 and Cdn3 from the factory. This is evidenced by the weld nuts on the inside of the body.

From my days in the FGH, the high mount over the spare tire carrier was standard with the C-42. We had the ATU mounted with the dial and gauge facing towards the Jeep, and a suitable hole cut in the canvas. The ATU had to be adjusted, and either the recce tactics did not allow for the stop, or just as likely, it was too damn cold in Manitoba to get out of the truck and walk around back. As the line went on apocalypse now: never get out of the jeep man, never get out of the jeep.

When the unit changed to the 524 sets, the corner mounts started making their appearance, and some of the Jeeps were changed over.

From my mechanic days, I can tell you that the high mount over the spare tire carrier, combined with the extra weight of the ATU or AMU, resulted in cracking of the rear body at the spare tire mount and body where it met the wheel wells. The corner mount is preferable for integrity purposes.