serial # help

[Dave Schindel]

Mike, the only numbers on the top of the block are: M0 . That's why I think it may be civilian. I also found a number stamped into the upper trans bell housing, : 1G(or C)19286 .

[Mike Cecil]

Fair enough. Have you looked at the top edge of the clutch bell housing, by chance, to see if there is a number stamped there? My first CMP, the Canadian F15, had the engine number stamped in that location. Might be worth looking if you have not already done so.

Mike

[rob love]

I have found the matching serial number just over the clutch inspection access plate.

It sounds like your engine has been replaced. Not unusual in the military. I have found inspection plates showing rebuild where the same engine was put back into the same vehicle, but I have also seen some that were not.

The military mechanic did not care about keeping your truck numbers matching. He only wanted to get the vehicle back into service as efficiently as possible.

[Dave Schindel]

Mike, that's where I got the number in my previous post.
Point taken Rob.I imagine it would be difficult after 78 yrs to find a numbers matching truck.

[rob love]

Actually Dave, I have seen more of them than one would expect. If you figure that a lot of the domestically held CMPs really didn't do that much, and many were released starting in 1946, it is not that uncommon.