Chevrolet photos wanted

[Lang]

Here are some more Australian Chevrolet car-based Panel vans.

[Larry Hayward]

Dear All,

I want to mention to Hanno, that the gloss black fenders on RAF vehicles was actually used pre-war by the RAF so the RCAF panel van posted above is quite possible to be blue and black in the pre-war period.

The colour scheme may be seen on the RAF Museum Fordson Sussex balloon winch and on a few other vehicles. Its a subject I'm studying and at a guess the two colour scheme may have been considered for use by the AM but delayed until post war.

See attached from the 'Stilltime' collection

[Matthew P]

Here's a picture of a Canadian War Services Salvation Army Suburban/Carryall I do not have any additional information. Picture was found online, uncredited.

Matt

[Lang]

Thanks for those photos.

Mike O'Sullivan is going to paint his Dodge (same model as in Mathews photo) Air Force colors. Whether they be Canadian, British or Australian remains to be seen. Mike has found a Canadian Squadron badge which features a ram - right in keeping with a Dodge truck. He is very grateful for the info everyone has provided for these colour schemes.

As an ex-Army pilot I feel a natural antipathy to painting anything Air Force so I am still looking for any scheme other than blue for my Chevrolet. I doubt my pastoral fervor would go as far as Salvation Army markings but the vehicles sure look neat.

Lang

[Matthew P]

Well don't I feel awkward... I'm not terribly good at identifying these trucks and I thought it was a GM product I had posted. Nevertheless I feel the best course of action now is to plow ahead with a photo of a Ford Panel. Also Salvation Army but is interestingly equipped for service with the Canadian forces. BTW the welfare efforts during WW2 for Canadian forces comprised The Salvation Army, The Canadian Legion, YMCA and Knights of Columbus. So there are a few other options for equipping a "mobile" in a welfare role.

Matt

[Grant Bowker]

The photo above is interesting.
Both blackout headlight and markers similar/same style as CMP (with no option for more light as the late CMPs had) but the buildings look more Canada than Europe to me. How blacked out were the coasts? I don't recall my parents describing Victoria and Vancouver as blacked out but that could be either my memory or they not thinking it was a thing worth mentioning.
No license plate but no military or other markings to suggest the vehicle was exempt (even the military used plates in Canada pre and post war (at least in Ontario)).

[David Dunlop]

The vehicle appears to be RHD and parked to the left of the roadway. Also scuffed up a bit along the right fender.

Just a thought. What rules of the road were in effect in Newfoundland during the war?

David

[John Mackie]

I am restoring a 1941 11T ford truck and have aquired others as spares.
Some of the diecast trim items on the bonnet were chromed and painted all over with red undedrcoat then top colour , others are painted raw diecast.
Some grilles and side panels have holes for trim strips , some have only partial holes and the later ones have no holes at all.
All these bits are from 11T model trucks.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Lang’s Chevrolet panel truck, photographed at an event in France, see https://www.facebook.com/540843971/p...700118972/?d=n

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some more photos of Lang's Chevrolet:

During the MLU @ Normandy 2019 meet-up: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29851
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Photo taken in 2021 during the Il était une fois le Pas-de-Calais libéré - 36ème édition - read more here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...d.php?p=281577
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[Hanno Spoelstra]

And this is it's sister vehicle, Mike O'sullivan's 1940 panel van Dodge:

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