British Empire Staff Cars

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Hello Rick, that's interesting to read.

I made my remark knowing that the army wouldn't order luxury vehicles but workhorses. Hence no 1940 Special De Luxe or Master De Luxe but a plain Master 85.

Apparently the configuration of the army vehicles differed from the civilian line up.

This is the official Australian Army Registrations book showing my Chev, M-15, with engine number R1992353, a 5 passenger car, left from Melbourne with the 1st Contingent for the Middle East. It is a Chevrolet Pullman Ridemaster Deluxe. So I guess only the best will do for HQ 17th Brigade .

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Regards Rick.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by lynx42

This is the official Australian Army Registrations book showing my Chev, M-15, with engine number R1992353, a 5 passenger car, left from Melbourne with the 1st Contingent for the Middle East. It is a Chevrolet Pullman Ridemaster Deluxe. So I guess only the best will do for HQ 17th Brigade

The Army must have ticked all the boxes on the options sheet for their HQ vehicles ;-)

As far as I know, in 1940 Chevrolet sold the Pullman and the Ridemaster (both with Deluxe options), but not a Pullman Ridemaster (ref https://ozgm.com/reference.htm).

Any which way, it is a lovely car!

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Picture of Bob Hunter, shared by his son Gord Hunter.

Ian McCallum noted it is a Ford 1940 LHD model. The 39 model had rear ‘suicide doors’, but on the 40 model the rear doors were mounted off the B posts.

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(Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3034...48527148681193)

[svdwal]

A Morris 8 e series that definitly has seen better days.
Picture taken at Dunkirk 1940.




I am restoring a 1939 Morris 8 e series at the moment that possibly had a army past in Ireland.

Rgds.

Sjoerd

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by svdwal

A Morris 8 e series that definitly has seen better days.
Picture taken at Dunkirk 1940.




I am restoring a 1939 Morris 8 e series at the moment that possibly had a army past in Ireland.

Hi Sjoerd,

I cannot see your picture:
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[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by svdwal

I am restoring a 1939 Morris 8 e series at the moment that possibly had a army past in Ireland.

Hi Sjoerd,
I remember the Morris 8 Series E well as it was the second car that my father had, a 1948 model, prior to that we had a 1938 Austin 7 ! (this was in the early 1950's).

[Ilian Filipov]

According to the Americans the British Army was poor:

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That's all.
Seen here:

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[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Ilian Filipov

According to the Americans the British Army was poor:
That's all. Seen here:

The Handbook is a very interesting read it sheds a lot of insight as to how the US Military perceived their UK brethren. I have a copy and if you ever stumble on a copy at reasonable cost grab it.

Cheers Phil