DND versus CMP ?

[Brian Gough]

Hi Mike,

Good question - I have never seen anything that says the name change came on a specified date.


William Gregg in "Blueprint for Victory" wrote

" The combination of Ford - General Motors trucks was first known as the "DND Pattern" (Department of National Defence), but later when users other than the Canadian Army began to order in large quantities, it was changed to "CMP" (Canadian Military Pattern) and, under that name, distributed throughout the world. This line of trucks represented the highest degree of inter-company parts interchangeability ever achieved in any vehicle except the Jeep, which was not produced until the war had been in progress for some time. "

I think you are safe to call your C8 a real CMP.

Cheers,

Brian