C8A chassis no. 3844516525

[Rob Beale]

Thats a great looking truck you have.

My brother's C8AX is the one in the picture from Tony Smith. It has an original deck that has not been altered at all. I can help with drawings and pictures.

The NZ Army ordered the C8A as a cab and chassis to be assembled here in NZ with a NZ built deck. As far as we know there are no differences to the standard C8A of 1943 except of course the full cab, and the front mudguards are the wider C15A ones.

The design of this deck has many features seen on early Canadian decks. The side panels are folded from a 4 foot wide sheet which simplifies things. The spare wheel is carried in the deck on a bracket fixed to the front wall.

For markings, the NZ 3rd Div used these in the Solomons campaign.

Rob
C8AX Ambulance (NZ)