1974 Dodge D200 5/4 ton

[Ed Storey]

Jason:

You have a lucky horseshoe as checking through my records a number of the CFRs associated with this vehicle bloc were reused as CF Shipping Containers in 1996, thankfully yours was not one of them.

All I know about the vehicle Dodge W200 W24BE4S143785 CFR 74-21640 ECC 142106 1 1/2 ton Cargo is that it was purchased in 1974 and disposed of out of Ottawa in Sept 1981.

This is a rare military vehicle that has received scant interest and is certainly worthy of being saved and restored as it is an excellent example of the transitional vehicles used by the Reserves and Regular Force in the 1970s and 1980s.

ED

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Jason:

As what is now called, Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS), the Dodge will be easy to rebuild. With the VIN and other factory information, you will be able to determine the accessories and interior. As I recall it was a vinyl bench seat with a cut-out for the shifters. And a very basic 4x4 set at that. Front locking hubs painted over but still shiney underneath.

The tarp was canvas (as I recall) on a 5/8" steel tube frame. The examples already posted will give you the idea. It probably had oak slat bench seats the full length down each side. Whether there were seat belts is anyone's guess!

I have one memory of the Sherbrooke Hussars' Dodge One-Ton, and that is the smell of clutch plates as it towed a broken down M38A1 Jeep back into the drill hall. It is a 90-deg turn uphill across traffic into a narrow double door. (Google Streetview does not do the slope and sharpness any justice.)

[Jason Ginn]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Jason:

You have a lucky horseshoe as checking through my records a number of the CFRs associated with this vehicle bloc were reused as CF Shipping Containers in 1996, thankfully yours was not one of them.

All I know about the vehicle Dodge W200 W24BE4S143785 CFR 74-21640 ECC 142106 1 1/2 ton Cargo is that it was purchased in 1974 and disposed of out of Ottawa in Sept 1981.

This is a rare military vehicle that has received scant interest and is certainly worthy of being saved and restored as it is an excellent example of the transitional vehicles used by the Reserves and Regular Force in the 1970s and 1980s.

ED

I was looking at the pics Ed took of CFR 21853 back in 1980 and I got thinking. If DND bought 213 and my truck has CFR 21640 does this mean mine was the first in the lot and Ed took a picture of the last? 853-640=213!

[Ed Storey]

Interesting coincidence, but unfortunately no. Jason, there were 225 vehicles purchased in 1974 - yours was in the last third of that contract. CFR 21853 was from a 156 vehicle, 1975 Model W200 purchase.

[Robin Craig]

So will there be a definitive way to arrive at the correct CFR from anything left on the vehicle?

[Ed Storey]

The CFR was determined by using the VIN.

Dodge W200 W24BE4S143785 CFR 74-21640 ECC 142106.