Staghound Restoration

[Dirk Thielens]

Thank you all for the information.
Is there a way to "calculate" the Commonwealth Registration number (F number) from the USA Registration number? Or is there no relation between the two?

[lssah2025]

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[Mike Cecil]

Dirk,

Each Commonwealth country used their own registration system. In Australia, the registration number of Staghounds supplied under lend-lease arrangements was the original USA registration number less the 'USA', ie just the numerals. These were not unique in that regard: many imported AFVs such as M3 Medium and Matilda were identified for Australian registration purposes by the number assigned in their country of origin, less any national identification such as 'USA'.

David: I'm not aware of any US military use of the T17E1 - as far as I know, they were designed and built to a Brit specification and supplied under Lend Lease to the British Purchasing Commission (BPC) for distribution.

Mike

[Dirk Thielens]

Thanks for the information.
We think our Staghound was used by the Canadians during ww2. We guess that because on the rear armour we found L-shaped attachement points for what we think was a deep wading kit. (pictures are on our facebook page)
Also the support brackets for the external fuel tanks were removed. We have been told that these were typical Canadian modifications.

[marco]

Hello Dirk,

Succes with the restauration!
If you need help with remanufacturing sheet metal parts let me know.
I have drawings which I made for my restauration.

You Staghound was made in early September 1943.
The Ordnance serial number should be 4740 and is stamped on the left lower corner of the front armour plate near the fender attaching bolts.
Next to that number, a British acceptance number is stamped also.
There is no mathematical relation between these two numbers but the number should be around the 2200.
I hope you can find these numbers, they can be stamped quite light so they are hardly visible.

Attached photo shows a Staghound with a similar registration number painted in blue.
That car was made later in September 1943.

The Belgian army received some Staghounds as early as in the winter of 1944-1945.


Marco

[Dirk Thielens]

Hello Marco.

Serial number 4740 is spot on. We found that number yesterday evening just below the attachment points of the front fenders.
Next to it is A 23 I5. I guess the acceptance number.
I'll try to post pictures this evening.

Dirk

[Dirk Thielens]

Here is a picture of the serial number 4740 and the acceptance number A 23I5

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by Dirk Thielens

Thank you all for the information.
Is there a way to "calculate" the Commonwealth Registration number (F number) from the USA Registration number? Or is there no relation between the two?

Generally no. UK and Canadian census numbers were issued in blocks and have no correlation to the USA number.