Canadian Lynx Armoured Scout Car

[Andrew Rowe]

Hi all, the one Rob talks about I think you will find is the one I imported last year from Aussie. I have both the MkI and MkII
New Zealand forces used these in action in Italy during WWII
Here is a thought, was there about 3225 total built? and the parts books show the different axles on MkII starting from serial number 3000, does this mean only 225 MkII built ( Has bigger diff, different ratio ) can anyone shed light on this fact??

[rob love]

Andrew

Sounds like you may have beat someone else here who was talking about importing it.

Your observation about the axles is along the lines of my thoughts as well. I think Bill Gregg's used the expression "at least" 3325, and that has since morphed into that being used as the production number.

Again, Shilo's hull serial number is in the 4000+ range with a date of 1945. I think that may lead credence to the production being in that neighborhood.

What other serial numbers are observed on existing mk2 hulls?

[Dave42MB]

There is a book, Faces of Ford The Windsor Years, by Michael Gladstone White, 1993 that has a photo of the scout car with 3,255th painted on it and the date January 31, 1945

[Michael R.]

The milestone images are interesting references for production dates and numbers.

[Andrew Rowe]

Does this mean we have conclusive proof for numbers made??

[rob love]

The Lynx here in Shilo has a hull number of 4542, with a build date of 1-1945. Doubtful that they would have built an additional 1200+ in the month of Jan, 1945, but it's hard to explain the high number. Could the number on the mk2 be the production number just for the mk2, which would, combined with the 1000 or more mk1s explain the high number?

If anyone has access to a parts manual, does it give any cutoff numbers by serials?

[marco]

Just a suggestion, could it be that the first production car had serial number 1001?
Chevrolet serial numbering for Staghound starts with 1001 also.


Marco