M38CDN Ambulance

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

After some digging I did manage to find photographs that describe a photograph of This GPW of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) accessed 24th January 2025 from, https://cj3b.info/Fire/MilitaryAmbulances.html

This webpages features a number of photographs RCAMC ambulances. There is also another link embedded within the webpage that leads to "another RCAMC ambulance".

I did find copies of some of the same photographs that are included on the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association website. https://www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/ab...world-war-two/ This might prove to be a great place to see if any of their members have any photographs of Jeep ambulances that were taken by their relatives while they served and were kept in the family.

Enjoy!

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

The English had an airborne version of a medical Jeep. Click on the link to see photographs of them British Airborne medical jeep, circa 1944. Interestingly the spare tyre is mounted in front of the radiator. Accessed 24th January 2025 from,
http://www.spanglefish.com/16parachu...?pageid=213441

I have an Australian Army 1963 Land Rover Series 2A Ambulance so I have strong interest in military ambulances.

Kind regards
Lionel

[David Dunlop]

Yes, the tire mount is a wooden assembly. The triangular frame is built of square cut, 2 x 2, or slightly less size, true dimensional lumber like you used to be able to purchase as standard lumber up until the mid-1950's, when the industry dumbed the sizes down in order to get more board feet of lumber out of any given tree, but still charged us the same amount.

One side of the frame has a board fitted across the centre half which carries the load of the spare assembly and the whole thing is drilled for various hardware.

I will see if I can get you some photos this weekend.

The Prairie Command member who restored one of these vehicles in the 90's was a Jim Wilson if I remember correctly and he moved out of Winnipeg, hence the disappearance of the vehicle.


David

[donjunior]

Thanks, David, that would be greatly appreciated.

[rob love]

The spare tire on the hood was used on other installation kits for the M38 Jeeps. Some that comes to mind are the recoiless rifle and the line layer variants. I have had a few of the wooden brackets with the spare tire mount, and the wood was more like a 1x4 or 1x3.
I have the ambulance modification instruction, but rather than go into detail, it just says to order two kits (the stretcher rack and the support kit) and follow the instructions contained within those kits.
I had an ex-ambulance M38 about a dozen years back, and it had some holes under the passenger side seat through the toolbox for ducting for a gas heater installation, along with a grill on the outside body going into the tool box.
See here for more info re the hood mounting: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ight=ambulance
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...996#post115996

There is this thread where I asked about some extra holes and brackets in an M38 I had. Peter Simondson said three holes on the sides of the body just behind the driver and codriver were for the stretcher racks. I see yours has the same 3 holes.
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=14896