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Old 02-01-23, 14:04
Grant Bowker Grant Bowker is offline
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I think the photograph needs to be flipped to get the instrument cluster on the correct right side.
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Good morning Ed,
Are you sure the photo needs to be flipped? Doing so creates an unusual left hand drive CMP (steering column location as well as the packing location of the steering wheel)....
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Old 02-01-23, 16:26
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Good morning Ed,
Are you sure the photo needs to be flipped? Doing so creates an unusual left hand drive CMP (steering column location as well as the packing location of the steering wheel)....
Yeah, looking closer, I agree with you.
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Old 02-01-23, 17:20
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Default 5-packs

I've got a reference somewhere to CMP chassis arriving in Australia in packs/stacks of five. These would be bare chassis. I assume other components not supplied in Aust arrived in similar packs/stacks.

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Old 05-01-23, 23:14
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Default CKD packing in 'Units of 24' ie for 24 trucks

I have a document titled 'Boxing - Australia' dated 15 August 1941, for the supply of C018QF 158 inch WB 3 ton 4x4 trucks with full cab. It lists the packing method for 24 complete vehicles (less rear bodywork and spare wheel assembly) broken down by box contents, number of boxes of each size, box sizes and weights for each box type. Total shipping volume is 5,888.6 cubic feet, total weight is 179,620 lbs.

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Frames (chassis) were boxed 6 per box, in 4 boxes = 24.

Engines were three per box, 8 boxes total = 24.

Wheels and tyres (96 total) are listed as 'loose' and not boxed.

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Old 22-01-23, 18:57
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Default Three basic methods of packing trucks for overseas shipments

Found this somewhere a while ago - would anyone know where it came from and does anybody have a better scan?

"Default Three basic methods of packing trucks for overseas shipments: SUP, TUP and CKD"

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Old 23-01-23, 22:16
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Hanno,

I attempted to find some period Canadian definitions for the various packing methods, but I have not been successful so far.

In the absence of formal definitions of the packing methods, I did find some early documents that may be of interest.

It seems the initial shipments of CMPs were a combination of S.K.D. and Complete - Unboxed. These were followed by C.K.D shipments, followed by an urgent request to revert to S.K.D.

The following images are from microfilm C-5142, images 429, 430, 456, and 457, and 238 : https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...reel_c5142/429
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Old 23-01-23, 22:36
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The initial instructions for shipping marks, and destinations can be found here: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...reel_c5142/459
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