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07-11-15, 15:05
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Apt
Hi folks , your Euro APT's can have a variety of parts on them , most of them have gone through many government rebuilds, CCKW's and jeeps are a perfect example of this as to many different parts on them ie. MB with GPW parts, check your frame numbers , engine numbers, tags on steering box and axles, the bolt on brace from the cowl to the floor will have a C broad arrow stamped on it , when I restored my APT that was the only location I found that marking, the waterproof ignition systems would have stayed or been removed as per the parts supply that the military of that country held, I still have one complete wadeproof system NOS less the the coil for sale , these are extremely rare,these were also used on test vehicles in Aberdeen on the WC-52, but judging by those photos I believe they were in fact APT's, so bottom line here is you will need to do your detective work , the parts book also shows serial number lots for 12,000 vehicles, when only 6,500 were completed due to the end of the war,
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11-11-15, 11:59
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Here is a website with some good info on the differences between the US WC 52 and the Canadian APT:
http://www.wheelsofvictory.com/diffe...sa-canada.html APT pictures: http://www.wheelsofvictory.com/Canad...4%20dodge.html http://www.wheelsofvictory.com/Canad...20vervolg.html I don't know how long this website will be available, as the author (and forum member) Ron Perry, passed away about a year ago. Alex
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11-11-15, 21:01
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Normally, isn't the manufacturers name on a vehicle data plate cast into the plate since it is going to be a standard bit of information common to all plates for that particular production run?
The manufacturers name on the plate image just posted looks to be stamped into the plate. Seems odd. David
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11-11-15, 21:30
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Yes Looks like afterwards made the Plate
But the Numbers pressed into the chassis is the identic and the serial Number i Found in the Production List is logical. Car Seems To be out of the begin of the First 5000 pieces from the 10000 Canadian Dodge. Maybe the car Might Buildet in the past 1944 Its like a criminal Roman without knowing the or if there will come any news at all
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11-11-15, 22:05
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Earlier in this thread, Brian Asbury confirmed the serial number of this truck matched Canadian Production numbers. Others have posted photos of Canadian factory issued data plates for reference.
I wonder if your truck went through a rebuild process somewhere postwar, where the people in charge were completely unaware (or just did not care for some reason) that the truck was Canadian. Maybe they received a batch of US vehicles and this one was in the batch. They simply did up a data plate to show it was American to a avoid a bunch of extra paperwork? When I was rebuilding a Cab 13 CMP many years ago and it was sitting in my driveway in grey primer paint, I had a 'gentleman' banging on my door one day to yell at me because I was 'restoring a German Army truck'. No way I could convince him it was Canadian! Makes for an interesting world. David
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