Indian Pattern HUP (was: Chevy Indian Backbody)

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Also contact William Spence (see top of this thread)

Unfortunately, Bill passed away almost 2 years ago. He was a man of class and is missed in our organization.

I was never sure why his passion was so strong for the Burma Buggy, as he took apart a very viable HUP project in order to make it. But I guess each of us has his own quirks of passion, and it could have been something as simple as a photograph on this forum.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

Unfortunately, Bill passed away almost 2 years ago. He was a man of class and is missed in our organization.

I was never sure why his passion was so strong for the Burma Buggy, as he took apart a very viable HUP project in order to make it. But I guess each of us has his own quirks of passion, and it could have been something as simple as a photograph on this forum.

Rob,

I did not know and I am sorry to hear that. I now see he was last active on here in October 2009 and have deactivated his account.

Glad to hear he was able to finish his HUP project.

Edited to add a link to a thread dedicated to Bill's "Burma Buggy": http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=30710

Regards,
Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Nigel Watson

Silly question maybe but are those angle straps on the curved part of the roof edge tensioner straps for a canvas sheet roof on this body? So perhaps there is no solid roof which would make sense.

Nigel, good question, actually!

Having had a closer look I think you are right. The curved roof edges seem to be made of curved sheet metal (see survivor), the top must have been open covered by canvas.

H.

[Nigel Watson]

Originally Posted by servicepub

Any ideas on this. I believe that it is in India but may be in the Far East. Sorry for the picture quality.

Does the 4th photo show the canvas roof hanging down inside perhaps? You'd also expect some fairly strong straps towards the front of the roof as well.

Nigel

[Hanno Spoelstra]

One more picture!

"THE BRITISH REOCCUPATION OF BURMA: Outside the Civic Hall in Rangoon local civilians gather around a Spitfire and an Auster aircraft that formed part of an exhibition staged by the Royal Air Force to show their role in the defeat of Japanese forces in Burma."



Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208798

[Hanno Spoelstra]

one more:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

On this page http://www.arborfield-september49ers...mpster-09b.htm is one of those Indian Pattern HUPs.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Cross-posted from the thread CMPs from all over postwar:

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Over on the aviation forum, Mr. Matt Poole of Maryland, USA, posted the following information:

A Chevrolet is seen in the attached photo, taken in either West Bengal or neighboring Orissa, India in the summer of 1945. This is an RAF vehicle, manned by RAF men on their way to recover remains of fourteen airmen killed on 26 July 1945 when two RAF Liberators (EW225 & EW247) of the Air Firing Training Unit (AFTU) at Amarda Road airfield collided in poor weather during low-level formation flight training.

Note the two crosses, one atop the other, strapped to the roof. The names, ranks, and service numbers of the fourteen casualties were inscribed on the crosses, one crew to each cross.

The photo was taken by Kenneth King of No. 138 Repair & Salvage Unit. King was one of the five RAF men who, accompanied by several Indians, recovered and buried remains of the airmen. Attached, also, is a graveside photo of the RAF men, led by RAF S/Ldr Stanley G. Bennett (left, with prayer book), the padre at Amarda Road. King is furthest away on the right. Padre Bennett is also seen in the lorry photo, at left.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Batavia, Dutch East Indies 1948

source: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/be...hfield=batavia

Alex

[Tony Wheeler]

HUPspotting in Calcutta!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Batavia, Dutch East Indies 1948
source: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/be...hfield=batavia

Thanks for posting. This would be the correct/direct link: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/me...c-b4c498297528

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

HUPspotting in Calcutta!

Great find, thanks!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

One more captioned “the photographic unit in Burma 1944”



Source: http://armorama.com/modules.php?op=m...opic_id=216774

[Hanno Spoelstra]

One more picture, courtesy of Philip Winterburn.

I think the marking on the bumper reads "RAF POLICE".

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Two more pics, these are in use with Dutch troops in Indonesia. They took over vehicles and other equipment from British and Indian Army troops which first occupied Indonesia in 1945 after the Japanese surrender. The Dutch first had to muster troops to take occupation duties over from them, which they did from 1946 onwards.

[Alan McGuinness]

IWM pictures A30972 and A31173:

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Alan

Wonder what the story is behind the lady and the leopard? This week the was quite a lot of coverage on TV of a leopard climbing on the roof of a safari vehicle in a game preserve in Africa. Wonder if leopards just want/enjoy riding?

Cheers Phil

[David Dunlop]

Maybe it’s a Jaguar Wannabe, Phil.

David

[Alan McGuinness]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Wonder what the story is behind the lady and the leopard?

The caption say: "WAFFLES" THE LEAPORD JOINS THE NAVY. 2 NOVEMBER 1945, ROYAL NAVAL WIRELESS STATION, NEDIMALA, COLOMBO. WAFFLES, BELONGS TO LIEUT CDR JACOMB, RN AND WAS DISCOVERED ON A FARM AT HANRANA, NEAR TRINCOMALEE AFTER HE AND HIS SISTER HAD BEEN CAPTURED IN THE JUNGLE."

The lady is Temporary Woman Assistant Daphne Noyle.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

What about a survivor?!?

See http://www.canadianregister.co.uk/

Could this have been one?



"2) 1946 Ford GWD Wagon"

Source: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vinta...-thread-9.html

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Found a couple more pictures:

Problem Solving In The Far East 1944

Les Bradby - Burma.jpeg

Here's the source of the second photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hairni...57629969614391

"Les Bradby's War

These abandoned photo's were found when I was clearing out the late Les Bradby's home at Marsh Lane, Ashton. Other Bradby family photo's can be found on my set Lost Faces of Bristol. This set is all about Les Bradby's war experience, he was in Burma with the airforce, involved in communication and anti-aircraft as far as I know, but if anyone can tell me more then please do. This is my tribute to a man I never knew, but who lived a full and interesting life and should not be forgotten. "

[Alex van de Wetering]

Source: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vinta...-thread-9.html

Interesting link Hanno. I had a look around that website and found these pics attached. Even though the trucks are obviously not CMP', to me it looks a lot like the Holmes wrecking gear and rear bodies were sourced from CMP wreckers!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another one, not much info available:

Burma
Jack Birns
Date: 03-1949

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Via Thushara Gnwndn

“Post WWII in Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka)”

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Toby Brayley wrote:

"Lance Corporal Walter Carlton, Corps of Military Police (India), and his Chevrolet Truck, Poona 1946. Is this an official factory-made body? The CMP (I) ( not the truck ) seem to have used quite a few of these across the Provost Companies in India and Burma."



"The same vehicle from a different photo album"