CMPs - where are they now?

[Les Freathy]

Another wrecker in unusual light stone colour think i took this at beltring

[Les Freathy]

GM 6x6 workshop again at Beltring

[Les Freathy]

Way back in the 1970s at Shottersbrooke and the John Carter rallies a 30cwt wireless,is this yours Vic ?

[Les Freathy]

I actually wrote on the back of this one Duxford 1984

[Les Freathy]

Nice 8cwt at Beltring last year is this the one i saw the year before in sand colour

[Les Freathy]

Whoops, wrong photo but a nice 30 cwt Bofors gun tractor i wonder if the owner will be altering the widscreen back to original

This one was given to me a long time ago the name Tony Oliver rings a bell but i could be fireing blanks again

[Les Freathy]

Dodge d15 at Beltring around 4/5 years ago

[Les Freathy]

Christ i,ll get this right in a minute OK a nice 3 ton wooden body G.S this one has been around a while now

Back to the late 1970s at Duxford must be some Scottish connections here

[Les Freathy]

Finally, thank god i here you say a HUP personel, again this was passed on to me so i have no idea of the location. Sorry about the hiccups i bame a Sunday brain storm
I have others from long ago and can add them on at a later date maybe some of you have update or even earlier photos of the incuded shots
cheers
Les

[Hendrik van Oorspronk]

Originally posted by Les Freathy
OK gang, following my failure to identify the owner of the cmp wrecker heres a chance to help me identify the owners of the following CMPs. As most have guessed by now when at a rally field i am a bit of a snap happy chappie and seldom ask the questions we should all be seeking so lets see if we can find some awnsers, keep in mind that the photos are from a 30plus year time span and ownership may have changed if not once many times
A Dutch HUP to start with

The HUP is or was of Jan Eshuis a major long time collector of MV and radio's in Holland. see also Wheels and Tracks No 1 page 10.

Green greetings

Hendrik van Oorspronk

[maverick]

Hi Les i think the ford F60S LAAT bofors gun tractor belongs to the Cobbaton collection possibly.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Les Freathy
i cannot remember did it have a diesel replant or was that his 8cwt HUP

Les,

John's HUP had a Bedford 220 4 cyl diesel from recollection.

Richard

[Richard Farrant]

Les,

The wooden body 3 ton GS is a Chev, ex-Danish Army. It is local to us, Les, the owner, Martin, has had it for over 20 years and it is well travelled. I think it is off a Q plate now though.

Richard

[Vic Eaton]

The second picture is of phillip copemans wrecker at duxford i think .It was shiped back to the states some years back now.and the c30 radio truck i think is indeed the one we have now didnt know it was ever rallied would love to have a chat with with the chap that owned it back then.
regards vic uk.

[Les Freathy]

G,Day again
some more to add this is the same wireless truck as the previous photo but seen here at the second Budge open day at Retford now complete with cab hard top. Did it become one of the Budge collection

[Les Freathy]

The next batch were all taken in the 1970s at one of Pete Grays early MVCG now MVT yearly bashes to normandy, they camped at folkestone over night before leaving to catch the dover ferry , The HUP was pictured on Dover hill

[Les Freathy]

15cwt at shornecliffe camp

[Les Freathy]

Now i think this one is or was owned by that well travelled Scotsman Tom Berwick am i correct

[Vic Eaton]

HI LES
I think the chev with reg 0720 JKN used to come up from KENT i remember talking to the owner some years back at duxford . cant remember his name though .
regards vic uk.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Les Freathy
G,Day again
some more to add this is the same wireless truck as the previous photo but seen here at the second Budge open day at Retford now complete with cab hard top. Did it become one of the Budge collection

Yes - see Chevrolet C15A radio van.

Thanks for the pics, Les!

[Vic Eaton]

Yes i would say that is tom in the driving seat he towed a tipper all the way from LUXEMBERG to ABERDEEN scotland over severn hundred miles toms still around .
vic uk.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Les Freathy
Now i think this one is or was owned by that well travelled Scotsman Tom Berwick am i correct

Absolutely, ESR 333 is Tom's. That F60S LAAT is fitted with a Ford diesel engine and must be one of the most-travelled CMPs around. Last time I saw it, it was looking well and truly tired, but still going strong.

H.

[Brian Gough]

Les,

I think HUP with license # FHO251 is/was owned by Michael Burne, of Chilworth in Surrey, UK. It is a PUTR-2 model and was pictured at Beltring 1997 in Wheels & Tracks No. 63, p.5.

Brian

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Since Les was treating us with pictures from the old shoebox, I though I'd add one too. Shown below is yours truly dreaming away behind the steering wheel of a C15A, when he was still a young lad back in 1984. This C15A was restored by Marien Goud, he also had a Cab 11 CMP, an unrestored HUP and some other MV's (Dodge Command Car, I recall). Later his car business got in financial trouble and (part of) his collection was sold to the CWM. Has anyone seen this particular truck in Ottawa?

This was really when the seed was planted, but it took me 17 years (it took me a while to find a good specimen of the right brand ) to get my own CMP truck.

Hanno


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[Rolf S. Ask]

The C60X is belonging to Ole Johhny Royland here in Norway.
He bought it a while after it was at Beltring.

Rolf

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Has anyone seen this particular truck in Ottawa?

A couple of years ago, seen in CWM, the HUP from Marien Goud.
A great day together with the "Chicken ranch" crew.
Marien Goud is passed away in the early nineties.


Mvg. Dirk

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Dirk Leegwater
A couple of years ago, seen in CWM, the HUP from Marien Goud.

Thanks Dirk, I have seen pictures before of Marien's HUP in Ottawa.

But I wonder where his C15A went. Did it stay in Holland?

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Les Freathy
Now i believe this Chev once belonged to John Marchant a avid collector of all things CMP in the past she is fitted with Garwood wrecking gear

I think Rolf Ask commented this is an ex-Danish historical military vehicle collectors club vehicle.

Yesterday I saw this very same C60S in a Dutch Army storage depot. It is fitted with a GMC 270 engine.

H.

[Rolf S. Ask]

Can't remember comenting that photo as ex-danish...
It has norwegian licensplates, and even the stickers of the norwegian MV-club HMK in the window, so it must be ex-norwegian.

Many of these superb ex-norwegian wreckes did go abroad when auctioned on the army-sales.
Also some of them bought by norwegian collectors have been sold abroad later on
I recon there is less than 10 left in Norway today... (only five comes to mind)

Rolf

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Rolf S. Ask
Can't remember comenting that photo as ex-danish...
It has norwegian licensplates, and even the stickers of the norwegian MV-club HMK in the window, so it must be ex-norwegian.

Rolf,

Sorry, it was Norway of course! (Those Scandinavians are all the same, eh? )

Somehow this example ended up at Jaap Rietveld, well known military vehicle dealer, from who the Dutch Army historical collection bought it. It needs a fair bit of work to get it to a presentable standard again. With the GMC 270-cu.in engine it should be a real goer.

H.