Morris CS8 dilemma

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
Re. the REME comment, a great number of vehicles went through total rebuild, both during and after the war. The vehicles were stripped and its unlikely that cabs or bodies returned to the original chassis, this has been proved by evidence on restorations. These rebuilds were mostly carried out by Army Auxillary Workshops, which were more often garages that had turned over to war work. The WD Census number would often be changed for a new one from a batch of numbers dedicated to rebuilds.

An example of this practice is the Morris-Commercial PU 8-cwt in greyish blue colour in France.

H.