Dodge D8A T212 info needed

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

There ought to be a record of the sale of the Dodge ambulances ..Census Numbers
A 1323534 to A 1303769
A 1323593 to A1323591
A 1303803 to A 1323600 related to 'GIFTS OF VARIOUS AMBULANCES'

including # A 1323587 1941, Dodge (USA) T116-WD21
operated by British American Ambulance Corps

and this could have covered these 4 x 4 Dodges however although the Census Numbers are not known, Contract SM 2129 related to AMBULANCE 4 X 4 4-STRETCHER 123” w.b. supplied under US contract W-398-QM-DA-28, 250 were built. 1941 Model WC-27, Chrysler T215-WC-27.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
There ought to be a record of the sale of the Dodge ambulances ..Census Numbers
A 1323534 to A 1303769
A 1323593 to A1323591
A 1303803 to A 1323600 related to 'GIFTS OF VARIOUS AMBULANCES'

Dodge WC-27 census no. A 1324592...close enough?


Source: http://www.ourstory.info/library/4-w.../mercypix.html

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[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Thanks for that one Hanno!



This is one of the 2500 Dodge D8A 'TRUCK 8-CWT. 4 X 4 PERSONNEL' shipped to Egypt, to Demand S/M 2029, Model T212.

The C60L on the site could be to one of two batches sent to Egypt in 1942.

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[Keith Webb]

It's worth reading the account - here's where he first meets his ambulance:

"In the British Army the signing over of a vehicle to a driver is a major operation. A platoon officer does not call a man to him and say, "Hey, Bill, see that ambulance over there, the one numbered WD 1330337? Well, it's yours. Take it over." No. There is a definite form. The machine (in fact, every vehicle in the British Army) is equipped with a "412" book. This is the record, the bible, the diary of that vehicle. It tells all. What tools equipped the machine when taken over and every gallon of gas and drop of oil fed to it must be entered. Every grease job and repair job has a neatly ruled sheet awaiting entries. It takes about an hour properly to assign a vehicle to a driver."

Source

Great to read first-hand accounts.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
This is one of the 2500 Dodge D8A 'TRUCK 8-CWT. 4 X 4 PERSONNEL' shipped to Egypt, to Demand S/M 2029, Model T212.

Ah yes, you noted S/M 2029 in the thread Dodge D8A T212 info needed, but it´s nice to know there were no less than 2500 of them!

H.