4-wheel drive Maple Leaf truck

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Lang

GM had ready made running gear with the 1 1/2 ton Chev and the 4x4 GMC. It would have taken "5 minutes" to produce a Maple Leaf 4x4 using either of those as a base.

I wonder if any of these rare trucks were issued to the Australian forces, considering it was assembled by GMH . GMH are referring to it as a "tractor" meaning it was a artillery tractor ? I seem to recall a pic of one in the Vanderveen revised edition ww2 book, the edition with the Diamond T tank transporter on the cover. It's a GMH version of the Ford M-H in some ways. The vehicle is RHD. No quantity production as far as I know. And we don't know the time scale involved, maybe 1939 because it has 39 front sheet metal / headlights.

BTW I feel my post deserves a separate thread as the truck is so unusual and rare , not a ubiquitous 4X2 model.