Mobile Canteen

[Les Freathy]

evevning all
A Chevrolet mobile canteen in the UK, open to sugestions as to who operated it
Les

[ted angus]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

evevning all
A Chevrolet mobile canteen in the UK, open to sugestions as to who operated it
Les

Hi Les just found this thread : this vehicle was operated on behalf of the NFS in London by the FANY . The number stencilled to the rear of the back wheel is its NFS fleet serial. Its Reg Number was GGC746, I am led to believe its based on a Studebaker. It took part in the 1946 Victory parade alongside the NAAFI Fordson 7V.
TED

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

GGC 746 would appear to be a 1940-on London County Council one. I would quite happily affirm that the canteen appears to me to be a 1940 Chevrolet WA. I can't tell if it's lhd or rhd. I have numerous chassis numbers off 1940 WAs used by the Red Cross, St John Ambulance, hospitals et al. They were all Tarrytown-built, mostly June build with some July build, and may have been diverted cargos from ex-French or Belgian orders, and all were chassis with flat-face cowl as the intended assembly plant was supposed to produce a cab. I know that Duples did a hard cab similar to the US one, but they could have produced a utility cab as well: see WHEELS & TRACKS for a photo of an ATS/FANY '40 WA ambulance.

[ted angus]

David many thanks I will amend my notes to reflect Chev WA. It certainly looks lhd ??
regards TED

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

We know that the ATS trucks were lhd, and they had a similar utility cab. There are one or two shots of these trucks on the IWM website as well.

[Bill Murray]

Les:

Your canteen vehicle next to the crashed church is a 1935 Ford, last one with wire wheels. It appears to be a standard panel van with the roof and rear doors removed and the canteen "top" was added on.

Bill

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Apparently a 1935 Model 50? Does that make sense in the Dagenham line-up?