G749 Picture and info thread

[Ed Storey]

These two office bodies are still hanging around the 2 CER vehicle compound in Petawawa.

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[Dave D.]

Those are great pictures Ed. The blue is interesting, almost the U.S. Civil Defence color....any backstory on them? The interior photos of the back are still illusive so I'd share a cold one if you come across any.

Let's nurse this into the M211. We put an offer on these trucks, lost...... and they went to a good home anyway. They were buried in the bush for a long time and unless these engines see some oiling and turning over the years they won't work. The new owner tried for a long time to get one going to tow the others a few miles home but it didn't happen. I hope to follow their progress as they go through the challenges of the G749.

[Dave D.]

These are 3 trucks out of the 1st Service Battalion.

We have 2 with data plates 4122 delivered, 14 / 3 / 55 and 3170 dated, 11 / 6 / 54.

One had a perfection heater, with controls.

[Frank v R]

to try and help Dan Jan, look into photos taken in Europe during the war and the dumps of Canadian vehicles , you may find what you are looking for, all the field mods would still be on vehicles in the dumps,

[Dave D.]

This truck is More, the Penhold M211 which came in a 3 truck deal along with 2 parts trucks, M135's called Larry and Curly.

We think we solved the "Attach Stuck White Knight Here" stenciled on the back with the possibility that this truck pulled the "White Knight" ambulance out of the mud....maybe.

This one also came with tailgate and tie-down mods. Being a civilian has its disadvantages so I've never seen what was on the back but it was clearly modified to carry something. Still hunting for pictures of duties the M211 had while it was in service.

I've spent some time checking out images of "Canadian WW11 junkyards", "Canadian WW11 dumps", "Canadian WW11 wreckers"....and so on. Finding a Diamond T with a gun ring is a tough find. There is one near the bottom of this page but not sure it's the right model. http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/diamondt.htm

Here is More, the M211.

[Dave D.]

After a bunch of pleading, begging and offers of pointless promises, I gave up and let her get in the deuce for pictures........and it got us thinking.

Canadian Military Vehicles Facebook site is holding some amazing historical Deuce pictures. If you're a facebook folk it's easy and you should join that group....... but if you're not a facebooker, you'll miss some wild history. I asked the loop de loop announcer/owner if I could use some of those pics, which is better than just taking them,,,,,and he said yes. He is just one of those guys.

We still haven't examined the M221 or M222, don't have a lot of pictures of that M218 or Canada's M216 vs. the U.S. M215....and the ever elusive CDN tractor, which needs to be found and brought to the G749 farm.

I did get a reply back from GM. They do not have records from any Deuce plant and have no idea how many of what model were produced. They did provide another possible lead for info so that was nice of them.

As a teaser, check out that fleet of Deuces! There is some discussion on Rob's build thread about the "pole setting truck", with 18 being made.......

[rob love]

There is one of the tractor version at a farmyard about a half hour from me. If I recall there was something different about the fuel tank due to the short wheelbase.

[Dave D.]

Originally Posted by rob love

There is one of the tractor version at a farmyard about a half hour from me. If I recall there was something different about the fuel tank due to the short wheelbase.

Did you kids see many of the M221 tractors in service? I've heard rumors of a few above Dawson but they seem rare. PM Coming.

[Dave D.]

To reduce the mystery of Model type used for the "Line Truck", there is an M211 sitting on the East coast that was a Line truck. It's modified slightly now but some signs still remain.


There is one more sitting in Alberta and the wild dude that drove it after service passed some original photos to me. I'll hunt down the model type.

[Dave D.]

That poor pole truck out East has a nice view now but it's Bob Bob Bob, Bob Bobaran.

Is there only one left in museum, motor-pool quality?