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05-04-17, 21:29
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Here is a picture of the serial number 4740 and the acceptance number A 23I5
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#2
06-04-17, 13:01
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Is there a way to find out the vehicles operational history starting from the serial number 4740 and the acceptance number A 23I5?
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#3
07-04-17, 21:30
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Operational history
For this, you need records mentioning these numbers.
I am not aware of the existance of such records. There are (regimental) records mentioning the British war department census number allocated to vehicles. For Staghounds these are F215xxx, F225xxx, F235xxx, F116xxx and F117xxx. Is there a chance that the F number still is hidden underneath the paint? Marco
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Staghound F215633, 12th Troop "Sergeants Car" XII Manitoba Dragoons
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#4
08-04-17, 21:44
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If you're lucky and find an original number, then you may also find a record card with one of the Armoured Delivery regiments showing transfer to/from a unit...
Canadian archives here.. http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...50/311?r=0&s=1 Extract... 25CADR-T12750-P311-VC-Deliveries-12JUN44-Sernos-b.jpg There are loads of other Staghounds listed in the Canadian Archives. Tim
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#5
10-04-17, 20:12
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Until now we haven't been able to find the F-numbers underneath the existing paint. We believe that between it's military use and the use by the Belgian Gendarmerie the vehicle has been scrubbed in order to paint it in the typical dark blue Gendarmerie paint. In that process the British or Canadian markings were probably removed. The USA Reg.nr. was not removed because that was on an earlier layer of paint. We are very carefull in the restoration process not to remove any markings that could determine the vehicles history. That's why we didn't sandblast the hull but we used a nail gun on air pressure and sand paper to remove the paint and the rust. The floor will probably be the only thing we will sandblast because there is so much rust on it that it would take us ages to remove it with the nail gun. Maybe we are lucky and we can find some markings on the turret.
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#7
11-04-17, 09:39
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Yes, there were no traces of painted lettering but I found the number C116286 stamped in it.
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