G749 Picture and info thread

[Dave D.]

Originally Posted by rob love

Jon
I have not been to the Borden museum in at least 25 years, but the few cells of grey matter that still work tell me that 52-5000 was a cargo. It is the kind of number you remember. Also, it is likely that 50000 would be serial no1 (or very close).

A quick google revealed I am right.

Having truck No.1 in a museum would be nice. Keeping you guys around so we can lock all the history down is better so thanks for the info.

Did Canada's G749 manufacturer stamp each frame consecutively as they came out the door?

The truck on the right is Gizmo the Nov. 22, 1956, M135. 113506074 is stamped in the frame.
Does that mean we had at least 6074 M135's manufactured in Canada?

The middle M135 is Goose, the March 16, 1956 baby with 113504873 stamped in the frame.

Does that indicate Canada built 1,201 M135's in roughly 8 months and 5 days?

My BATUS truck is July 11, 1956 and is stamped 5503. That suggests 630 units from mid March to Mid July, 571 more units to Nov. 22.

I think we need to find the last Deuce we built for a museum project.