CMPs from all over postwar

[Bill Murray]

And a few more.
Bill

[Mark W. Tonner]

Did anybody notice the markings on the CMP, second up, from the lower right-hand corner of the photo? They are those of the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (1 CACR), the KANGAROOS. Note the stylized maple leaf, on which the Arm of Service (AoS) marking is centrally located, this was common on softskins of the regiment (see attached thumbnail).

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

Did anybody notice the markings on the CMP, second up, from the lower right-hand corner of the photo? They are those of the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (1 CACR), the KANGAROOS. Note the stylized maple leaf, on which the Arm of Service (AoS) marking is centrally located, this was common on softskins of the regiment (see attached thumbnail).

Mark,

Yes, Bill Miller did a few years ago when this photo was first posted on MLU. When I was in Canada the last time he showed me the print he got from the Dutch archives after he just asked politely for it.

You have a sharp eye spotting these unusual markings!

Hanno

[Ian Johns]

I found these in an old photo album of my mothers. They are from the late 1940's early 1950's stringing power lines for the Ontario Hydro Power Commission in northern Ontario .

[Bill Murray]

Testing...

Not a CMP but another postwar interesting vehicle to use for the new photo posting thingie.

Edit: Much better Hanno and I think all will enjoy the larger display when you click on the thumbnail.
Thanks very much for the "tune-up".

Bill

[motto]

Interesting to see the Dehavilland Mosquito in the background of the right hand photo of post 28.
These photos sure raise many intriguing questions.

David

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

Did anybody notice the markings on the CMP, second up, from the lower right-hand corner of the photo?... )

I like the horseshoe on the nearest vehicle. I suppose the staff wallahs turned a blind eye to this sort of thing as anything that soldiers thought would help them make it through the war was permissible.

[gjamo]

Here is a photo that was for sale on Epay a while ago

[Peter Mossong]

Originally Posted by gjamo

Here is a photo that was for sale on Epay a while ago

From the NZ National Archives...

Ref: DA-04682-F
A New Zealand military truck after crossing the Sangro River, Italy.
C H Lawrence (Auckland) and F Ross (Auckland) are on the front of the truck, with another man behind the wheel. A large stylised tiki, carved out of wood, is tied to the radiator grill. Photograph taken circa 29 nov 1943, by G Kaye.

I hate the B'stards who pluck these photos from public sources, and offer them for sale as if they were their own. Had a few unpublished ones stolen from my own website that I've found up for sale before.



Pete M.

[gjamo]

Here,s another that was on Epay recently.

[Owen Evans]

Picked these up the other day, and thought folks might like to see them. My suspicion is that these are post war, based on the light colour scheme and absence of markings. Unusual to see so many water bowsers together, especially with the late model Thompson Bros. british water tanks fitted. Also what looks like a Bedford QL at the back of photo 3.

The third (and possibly seventh) truck along in photo 3 looks like it may have the earlier oval pattern british tank fitted?

Not sure of the location. The second truck in photo 3 has a registration plate fitted. I believe 'CD' used to be the registration code for Brighton, on Britain's south coast. But the letter/number format seems odd. Could they be trade plates?

They all show some text written on the windscreen, but I can't make it out. Could be my eyes, but it looks like the headlight glass is missing?

Wonder where all those water filters and hand pumps ended up?!

Owen.

[Ilian Filipov]

An interesting picture surfaced in Ebay, regretfully no info. The seller is Austrian.

CMP-tower.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/9Xn1jfSw/CMP-tower.jpg

Link: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Nr-32482-Fot...sAAOSwwfFeQal6

[chalky]

CMP's by the acre in post war British government sale -


http://www.flickr.com/photos/6253277...-78474777@N08/

[Private_collector]

DSC_0031.jpg
A fellow I know was a house remover in the 50s to 70s. Guess what his choice of vehicle was!
Could you imagine being allowed to carry such a heavy, potentially unstable (and dangerous) load as this, these days? The road in the photo is a back woods country piece of crap with nearly sheer drop of about 20 feet each side of the 'road'. This photo was taken back in the 60s, and the roads were shocking back then..........and still are!!
There are more interesting photos, showing his other vehicles, but I don't have ability to copy those yet.

[Keith Webb]

That's a lot of house for 85 wee horses to move around. Jan's dad Hugh Thompson moved a lot of buildings and other things with Ford CMPs during his working life too.

[Private_collector]

Surely helps understanding exactly WHY we sometimes see damaged chassis and broken springs, doesn't it! Poor old thing, dragging that house along, up and down all sorts of roads and gradients. Hope they kept the brakes in good shape.

Unfortunately, the driver and business owner, now has dementia, and can't even speak a word. Just lays there in a soft, pressure relieving, reclining chair. A glimpse of the aging process that awaits us all.

I want to photograph some of his other CMP moments of the past, when I get the chance. He also used a Chevrolet or dodge six wheeler for house removal. The chaps Wife did offer to try to get copies of the applicable images, but I declined. She is also very elderly, and it would be a big job for her, so I will take photos of the originals, which are part of his 'wall of life' display on the wall of his room.

[hrpearce]

Pictures like this are fascinating, what would interest me is what has been done to support the load, there is never photos of under the house.