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09-04-07, 22:04
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I came up with some useful info on the demobilizing of these F8s. 21634 is on a farm not far from me and I talked with the owner today. Shortly after he returned from the war his father was trying to acquire a farm truck but there were none to be had. He found out about hundreds of surplus army trucks being sold to farmers so he ordered three for a few hundred dollars each. They were shipped to Eston from Nova Scotia on the train. They were three identical F8s and at least two were made on Nov 11 41 but he can't remember if the third one was too. He recalls that 21634 had 48 miles on the odometer and the other two were under 100 miles too. The army obviously took delivery and then put them in storage right away. This was the general service body version that was supposedly used longer than the wireless units so I wonder how many of this batch would have actually ended up being used.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 
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