Another (suspected) F22 found

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

It seems to me we've been led astray here by the flimsiest of flimsy evidence, namely the word "Jersey" pencilled on the contract card. This vehicle has been the subject of speculation for decades, including by experts like Hanno and the late Peter Ford, and yet in all that time it seems no one has been willing to consider the possibility it was delivered to India. Why is that so? The reality is it was CONTRACTED to India, and even if some of those 350 chassis WERE diverted, why would we assume this was one of them? The fact that it turned up in the UK around 1960 means nothing. I imagine RA units brought back scores of vehicles from India after WWII, invariably the newest ones.

Not so much speculation: I try to base my research on period sources or well-researched and documented sources.

Regarding shipments, diversions and assembly: do you have access to Wheels & Tracks magazine? I would recommend the following issues to anyone who wants to get a good understanding about vehicle shipments and assembly across the globe during WW2:

PS: in fact ALL W&T CMP articles are worthwhile reading material for anyone interested in CMP vehicles

ISSUE No. 37 (October 1991)
CMP Assembly Overseas - Re-assembly of knocked-down Canadian Military Pattern vehicles.

ISSUE No. 38 (January 1992)
Trucks for Albania and Yugoslavia - Transport provided by UNRRA for relief work in 1945/46.

ISSUE No. 41 (October 1992)
India's Ford Wheeled Carriers - Canadian Ford Quad 4×4 chassis with Indian armoured hulls.
Wheeled Carriers, NZ Pattern - New Zealand version of Indian armoured carrier, narrated by Jeff Plowman.

ISSUE No. 55 (April 1996)
Canadian Disposals and Returns - Canada-Europe; some vehicles did it twice.
The Dutch Inheritance (1) - Deelen Demob Vehicle Park.
The Dutch Inheritance (2) - The Enschede Dump.
Holland's Vehicle Parks - Soesterberg: 1 VP, Stroe: 2 VP.

ISSUE No. 56 (July 1996)
Surplus MVs for UNRRA - Part 1: Transport for Albania, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany.

H.