Australian Army Vehicle Registers AWM126

[Mike K]

Interesting : 42789 was a 'pilot model' Ford 6 seater utility 1942 .

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Interesting : 42789 was a 'pilot model' Ford 6 seater utility 1942 .

That is very interesting indeed, well spotted Mike! You'd think the Chevrolet version would be somewhere in there too... unusual engine number, 2D prefix which would be a 1941 motor... and we're still in cab 12 territory as far as the Aust deliveries go - and 9.00-16 tyres. I wonder whether it was a cab 12 based pilot? I don't think any Cab 13s appear until later on in the ARN series.

[Mike Cecil]

I'm confident it is not a CMP.

The class letter M=car
9:00 x 13 tyres, not 9.00 x 16 (it's hard to read, but it is a '3'.)
2D is a late 1941 & 1942 (the 2D series commenced in Aust in Nov 1941) engine 3-3/16 inch (239 cubic inch SV) coupled to a 3 speed transmission, for use in cars and utilities.

The CMP version was classed as a 'truck', and had a 3 -3/16 inch bore V8 coupled to a 4 speed transmission which had the 'G' prefix, such as 3GXXXXF.

Mike

[Mike K]

Each time you look at these books , you see unusual stuff.

Cletrac with Hercules engine, but Diesel.


43884 A cab 12 Ford ? converted to gas producer , as well as a few K5 Inter .

43880 transferred to US army ?

I don't know who "AH Jolly" was, but this individual purchased quite a few vehicles .

[hrpearce]

My blitz (142736) is in AWM 126 22 Image 63.
Engine and chassis numbers match.
Can anyone tell me what the red writing means please.

[Matt Austin]

Upon having a read of these books, it's a good opportunity to thank you, Mike Cecil, for trawling through them to find my International K5 some years ago. I understand, now, just how big of a haystack each book is; Mike, I'm grateful for your efforts.

Now if only I could find the chassis number through the surface corrosion on the chassis rail of my 1940 Chev sedan. It's obviously ex-military, having been impressed and painted green (with the engine bay left in GMH Sand Drift), then later painted light blue-grey. I'm hoping that this indicates RAAF or Naval use, as suggested by a number of you good people, but I wonder if it was common for vehicles sold back to dealers to be painted colours other than green before resale to the civillian market?

Anyway, these books are a great help, and are much appreciated. Thank you!

Cheers,
Matt

[Mike Cecil]

The red entries are disposals or transfer information.

And thanks, Matt, for you kind words.

Mike

[Keith Webb]

I've been downloading the pdf files then exporting the jpegs to then import into Adobe Lightroom to form a database where I can then tag pages to find CMPs or other vehicles I have photographs or information for, but I've found the links to the pdf files for the four last books covering 114438 to 150896 lead to -404 errors (file does not exist), anyone else noticed this?

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

The red entries are disposals or transfer information.

Thanks Mike,

It looks like, RAN f for Admiralty osi/4/1652.
Does this mean anything important in the history of my blitz.

[pauldavies]

Found my Champ chassis 16000 rego 104498 but not understanding the rest. Need a phrase book! Will search through for the Morris?
Paul Davies

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by pauldavies

Found my Champ chassis 16000 rego 104498 but not understanding the rest. Need a phrase book! Will search through for the Morris?
Paul Davies

Paul

I did not find any of the Morris C8 GS models . Maybe your truck arrived with the British forces late WW2 when the invasion of Japan was on the books.