1974 Dodge D200 5/4 ton

[Ed Storey]

Rear View.

[Jason Ginn]

Lol of course you have one! Thanks Ed!

[maple_leaf_eh]

Found this photo in some pictures my brother had saved.

Note the tarp framework and seats, the big Mobile Command decal, factory paint and the chrome grill. Circa 1976 or 1977.

[Ed Storey]

Here is a yellow version at CFB Rockcliffe in 1981.

[Jes Andersen]

In reference to the picture Terry posted up, I recall there being a directive that when we transported troops in these trucks, the sides of the tarps were to be rolled up due to issues of exhaust being drawn into the cargo area. I don't remember what the fix was, but it was likely the Chev 5/4T...
I'll have to search through my shoeboxes of photos and see what I have of these Dodges. I do recall that the fit and finish in the cab were not great and the dash padding would come loose. Typical of stuff from that era.

[Jason Ginn]

Thanks everyone for the pics that are awesome!

Well I was finally able to strike a deal for the dodge!

Over the past few weeks I worked a freeing up the rear brakes and jacking it up out of the old horse paddock where it had sunk in to the diffs. Once it was up on boards I wasnt too worried about winching it up the hill behind the farmhouse.

I had to winch and pull with my truck but the old Dodge finally made it up to the laneway where we loaded it on my trailer. It was a very wet evening and everything was very muddy and sopping wet. A final surprise was the original tailgate for the truck complete with footman loops still attached that the farmer had stored in the hay barn!

The next morning the first stop with the truck was the city dump where we unloaded 500lbs of wet and semi frozen sand, leaves, and branches from the bet of the truck.

To my surprise the bed was really solid underneath all thar but just a bit bent and scaly.

A closer look at the truck shows it still has the hinges for the troop seats and seat belt loops in the bed!

One question that has been bugging me is the trailer receptive on the truck. It is SMP style but the truck is -12V. DI'd the use a converter for the trailers or would the 24v bulbs work enough to use them?

[rob love]

Nowadays, the new LED trucklite SMP lights are good from 12 volt to 36 volt with no changes. We were not so fortunate back then.

You would replace the 24 volt bulbs with their equivalent 12 volt bulb. The trailer would then be stenciled "12 Volt".

24v Bulbs are very dim on 12 volts.

[Jason Ginn]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Jason:

You have a lucky horseshoe as checking through my records a number of the CFRs associated with this vehicle bloc were reused as CF Shipping Containers in 1996, thankfully yours was not one of them.

All I know about the vehicle Dodge W200 W24BE4S143785 CFR 74-21640 ECC 142106 1 1/2 ton Cargo is that it was purchased in 1974 and disposed of out of Ottawa in Sept 1981.

This is a rare military vehicle that has received scant interest and is certainly worthy of being saved and restored as it is an excellent example of the transitional vehicles used by the Reserves and Regular Force in the 1970s and 1980s.

ED

I was looking at the pics Ed took of CFR 21853 back in 1980 and I got thinking. If DND bought 213 and my truck has CFR 21640 does this mean mine was the first in the lot and Ed took a picture of the last? 853-640=213!

[Ed Storey]

Interesting coincidence, but unfortunately no. Jason, there were 225 vehicles purchased in 1974 - yours was in the last third of that contract. CFR 21853 was from a 156 vehicle, 1975 Model W200 purchase.

[Robin Craig]

So will there be a definitive way to arrive at the correct CFR from anything left on the vehicle?

[Ed Storey]

The CFR was determined by using the VIN.

Dodge W200 W24BE4S143785 CFR 74-21640 ECC 142106.

[Jason Ginn]

Dan McLaren posted this neat pic on the Canadian Military Veh. Fb. Group while ago.

Two Dodges, the first with a plywood enclosure!