Gronlid, Saskatchewan - CMPs?

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

For any of the Prairie rebuilders, I have a 2003 telephone number and info on some "old military trucks" owned by Mike, at the Gronlid Seed Plant (306) 277-2004. Info through a friend of a relative of mine. I had the email filed in the proverbial safe place, ie next to Elvis' unlisted phone number and my unredeemed 2005 multimillion dollar winning lottery ticket.

I THINK these are the same vehicle and the one the fellow had beside the highway. Emphasis on the speculation.

The one element of the post that is clear, is the where. The what I can't be certain of. Almost every Westerner knows someone who has 'old army trucks'.

From reading the Properties on the jpegs, the images were created in Jan 04, but there is no author or camera information included. These may have been stripped when the image was posted or modified. I've added one of a data plate for a C8A (SN6407) Aug 27/45.

If Cletrac or one of the others has better information, we should rely on him.

[Colin Macgregor Stevens]

Terry

The data plate is not the easiest to read in the photo.

The serial number (VIN) of the vehicle appears to be 4844521304.

The "SM6407" (SM not SN) is the British Army contract number. Supply Mechanization 6407.

I have a copy of a 1944 Census numbers list from Chilwell in UK (via John Marchant about 30 years ago) listing ALL British WWII WD number ranges to that date but as the list was poublished in Nov 1944, it does not show the 1945 contracts.

This truck probably was never delivered to the British. One turned up in Czechoslovakia (pictured in the now defunct Wheels and Tracks magazine years ago). My friend, the late Peter J. Ford of Saskatoon SK, found a rear door and some other parts for one of these C8A HUP staff cars in Manitoba (from a vehicle that had been hit by a train as I recall?) and those went to the restoration of another such vehcle in Canada.

These HUPs probably came out of the CMP stocks held post-war at MacDonald in Manitoba.



Colin

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Colin Macgregor Stevens

The data plate is not the easiest to read in the photo
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These HUPs probably came out of the CMP stocks held post-war at MacDonald in Manitoba.



Colin

You mean I can go to any MacDonald's in Manitoba and order a Big Mac, large fries and a side order of HUP? Cool!!

'Will that be take out or tow away?'

I zoomed in on the original photo, and it looks like:

C-8A
13
4844521304
FR 4052457
SM 6407
AUG. 27/45

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a pic of the data plate that's easy to read.