G749 Picture and info thread

[Dave D.]

The little lady is stepping off the side of Gracie, the 1954 M207 CDN delivered 30-4-54, stamped 120703002

One cool thing with this one besides 2 perfection heaters, is the triple sliding door assembly that is on the back door.

Why would we need sliding doors inside the main doors?

[Dave D.]

The hole pattern in the floor might tell more about what was inside the back of Gracie. She's almost complete with a metal shelf to the left, most of the electrical, the rear fan still mounted.

The typical floor and bottom body panel rot is evident but this Yellowknife Reserve truck is worth saving.

[Jes Andersen]

Its been some years since I lived in Kamloops but the picture may be from better times at the depot in the approximate area where the University and the current armoury is located. AT one time, Kamloops had a depot with storage bunkers in that whole area and also another north of town which, I think was a naval storage depot with rail access. As already mentioned, the one in town has been overtaken by the city and development. Another possibility, but I don't think the terrain behind looks right, could be the camp for the Mt Lolo Pinetree Line Radar site, located a ways to the north east of town. There was.is a road that passes through the camp area and ends at the top of Mt Lolo. This camp was featured in a movie called Cadence, if my memory serves me. By the time I moved to Kamloops in the early 90s, most of all of this was pretty much history or gone derelict. The depot north of town was being used as a corrections facility and some of the bunkers converted to barns.

[Ed Storey]

These two office bodies are still hanging around the 2 CER vehicle compound in Petawawa.

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[Dave D.]

Those are great pictures Ed. The blue is interesting, almost the U.S. Civil Defence color....any backstory on them? The interior photos of the back are still illusive so I'd share a cold one if you come across any.

Let's nurse this into the M211. We put an offer on these trucks, lost...... and they went to a good home anyway. They were buried in the bush for a long time and unless these engines see some oiling and turning over the years they won't work. The new owner tried for a long time to get one going to tow the others a few miles home but it didn't happen. I hope to follow their progress as they go through the challenges of the G749.

[Dave D.]

These are 3 trucks out of the 1st Service Battalion.

We have 2 with data plates 4122 delivered, 14 / 3 / 55 and 3170 dated, 11 / 6 / 54.

One had a perfection heater, with controls.

[Frank v R]

to try and help Dan Jan, look into photos taken in Europe during the war and the dumps of Canadian vehicles , you may find what you are looking for, all the field mods would still be on vehicles in the dumps,

[Dave D.]

This truck is More, the Penhold M211 which came in a 3 truck deal along with 2 parts trucks, M135's called Larry and Curly.

We think we solved the "Attach Stuck White Knight Here" stenciled on the back with the possibility that this truck pulled the "White Knight" ambulance out of the mud....maybe.

This one also came with tailgate and tie-down mods. Being a civilian has its disadvantages so I've never seen what was on the back but it was clearly modified to carry something. Still hunting for pictures of duties the M211 had while it was in service.

I've spent some time checking out images of "Canadian WW11 junkyards", "Canadian WW11 dumps", "Canadian WW11 wreckers"....and so on. Finding a Diamond T with a gun ring is a tough find. There is one near the bottom of this page but not sure it's the right model. http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/diamondt.htm

Here is More, the M211.