FWD HAR-01

[Rich Payne]

I posted this on an FB group as I couldn't ID it... The oddly cropped image is taken from the scrapbook-style 'Chilwell 1939 - 1945' self-published book.

The WD serial number appears to come from a Canadian block.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Rich Payne

The WD serial number appears to come from a Canadian block.

Does it read H427979x?

As per the Chillwell list, that number is part of the block 4200000 - 4299999 "Canadian not on 'B' Census". But not listed on WD Census Numbers allotted to Canadian Forces in England (1942) which only runs up to 423-. That means the number on this FWD was one from a range assigned after July 1943.

Originally Posted by Rich Payne

I posted this on an FB group as I couldn't ID it... The oddly cropped image is taken from the scrapbook-style 'Chilwell 1939 - 1945' self-published book.

PS: added the full scan from your FB post

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[Rich Payne]

I agree, that's what it looks like. I'd assumed that it would be prefixed 'CH' for Canadian service...I also hadn't given any thought to Chilwell stocking and maintaining vehicles that were on the Canadian lists.

[Gordons]

ran across this old Fwd lined up with Ford SnoGo, C60 Chev, and snow blower, FWD has a name inscribed in firewall and the date 1942, not sure what year it is but its in pretty good condition for sitting out in the cold all these years.

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[Gordons]

few additional pic

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[jack neville]

Of the few remaining HAR 01 trucks so far encountered none have any rear body remains. Photos I have acquired so far are very small or poor quality so getting an idea of construction is limited.
Wheels And Tracks #5 mentions the trucks as being fitted with Canadian produced GS bodywork. “Two types of body were made for the HAR 01 chassis; they carried Codes 4R1 and 4R2 and were made by Brentford Coach and Body Ltd.”
They appear to be of steel construction.
Was this body style fitted to other Canadian sourced trucks? When the time comes I would like to build as accurate a copy of the correct body.
Is there any known blueprints of this body style?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Wheels And Tracks #5 mentions the trucks as being fitted with Canadian produced GS bodywork. “Two types of body were made for the HAR 01 chassis; they carried Codes 4R1 and 4R2 and were made by Brentford Coach and Body Ltd.”

Jack,

Body 4R1 info from Clive Law’s Drive to Victory:

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Of the few remaining HAR 01 trucks so far encountered none have any rear body remains. Photos I have acquired so far are very small or poor quality so getting an idea of construction is limited.
Wheels And Tracks #5 mentions the trucks as being fitted with Canadian produced GS bodywork. “Two types of body were made for the HAR 01 chassis; they carried Codes 4R1 and 4R2 and were made by Brentford Coach and Body Ltd.”
They appear to be of steel construction.
Was this body style fitted to other Canadian sourced trucks? When the time comes I would like to build as accurate a copy of the correct body.
Is there any known blueprints of this body style?

And some more info from the AEDB Design Record:

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