CMP ID and Abbreviations?

[john piercey]

Jacques ,yes you could be right re the removal of bodies i have never seen any remnant of what looks to be an orig body on any old CMP.
Years ago i used to deliver farm fuel supplies and got to see what cockys (farmers) had in their little scrap piles under the tree up the back fence,piles of various broken down/old machinery and chunks of steel off something or other that they NEVER throw out or sell,i know ive tried to buy some stuff but they insist they will need it some day to patch up something else with.(they never do!)but then come the day to sell off the farm they have a clearing sale and it all goes relatively cheaply.(my semi sincere apologies to any farmers)
Robert,your unit is what i would consider a good barn find (whether it was in an actual barn or sitting in the middle of a paddock is irrelevent) i think barn find in Australia means more to as somethings overall condition in general than actually being in a barn and would be the "minimum" cond that I personally would consider taking one on as a restoration as it appears to have most bits and pieces still attached( a bit like our Humbers).
John

[Allan L]

Might have some slight relevance re Aussie post war sales of 'complete' mil vehicles:

About 5 years ago, Colin ‘Bluey’ Myers told me this story of his late father N.McL.‘Mac’ Myers who was well known at Eildon in the 50s & 60s for his collection of Jeeps: “In ’45 or ’47 he bought the first army Jeep from the Army, from Melford Motors. You had to have the Jeep without a motor in it; and he went around the back and got the motor and he put it in – they wouldn’t sell you a complete Jeep.”

[john piercey]

Hi Allan, i wouldnt doubt it some of the stuff our govt came up with in the earlier days or even now,i think on the REMLR forums some body tried to get new old stock tank engines v10 or v12s MAN or similar only a few yrs ago as he saw them being carted on a truck when he enquired about them the eventual answer was they had to be destroyed due to the asbestos content(probably only lagging wrapped around exhaust pipe) i think just a case of sheer bloody mindedness,much like the aircraft placed on fire dumps for destruction c47 or dc3 etc thru to at least the 1970s or may be even later.
A lot of campaigning by aviation groups saw some donated to museum groups but it took a hell of a lot of work.
John