Vehicle Door Numbers Canada

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

I would like to know more about this subject myself.

All I have seen is that from pre-war until 1942, the numbers took the form of
41-1-1234.

The 41 was the year the vehicle was accepted into service, the 1 seemed to always be in the equasion, and the next batch of numbers (could be one, two or three or 4 digits) was the unique number assigned to that vehicle.

My ex Ford 15cwt 11 cab that came from Shilo still had the pre-1942 markings on the door. Only the '1' in the middle was a 'Z' which I always took for truck like in the later system.

[Colin Macgregor Stevens]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

My ex Ford 15cwt 11 cab that came from Shilo still had the pre-1942 markings on the door. Only the '1' in the middle was a 'Z' which I always took for truck like in the later system.

When using the Old DND number system one sometimes had three lines of letters/numbers

Ficticious example as photos are buried right now:

HAL.RIF.
______
Z
_____
41-1-1234

I have never heard of the -1- in the middle of a number being replaced by a "Z".

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Colin Macgregor Stevens

When using the Old DND number system one sometimes had three lines of letters/numbers

Ficticious example as photos are buried right now:

HAL.RIF.
______
Z
_____
41-1-1234

I have never heard of the -1- in the middle of a number being replaced by a "Z".

Ahhh...I misunderstood. You're talking about the "1" in the lower number, I was talking the "Z" in the middle between the two white lines. The Z seem to follow the overseas system where "Z" is truck, "T" is tracked, etc.