Interesting Vehicle

[gary_bath_jr]

So a friend of mine posted some pictures on Facebook of a vehicle he just bought, it sure looks like an M37 however the data plates show M152 CDN Truck Panel Utility 3/4 Ton exactly like my data plate however mine looks like a Truck Panel Utility. Even our model # is the same T249, I will post a pic os his truck and mine and my data plates.

Gary

[Yeo.NT]

Dodge mounted their data plates on the glove box door, this could be simply a case of mixed parts to build one vehicle.

[rob love]

As Neil mentioned, the data plate does not belong to that vehicle. This is further evidenced by the 1952 date in the CFR and the 1954 date on the data plate.

I believe the model number refers to the engine model. In the case of Canadian trucks, we ran the larger 251 flathead 6 compared to the US model 230 which was a T245.

[gary_bath_jr]

Hey Rob

The data plate shown is from my truck I do not have a picture of his plate yet but will post it as soon as I get it.

BTW is the CFR the number painted on the door? if so mine is 54-45212, oddly enough it is on the inside of the doors, as you can see in the picture the last person that owned my truck attacked it with a sander and let it sit and rust.

Gary

[rob love]

During the 50s and thru the 60s, the military vehicles (including trailers) used provincial license plates which bore on resemblance to the CFR. The marking regulations from the 50s stated that the CFR would be on the doors of vehicles with hard doors, and gave alternate locations for things like Jeeps and motorcycles where the doors were not an option. DND license plates came out in the late 60s I believe.

The number inside the doors is a little odd. Often it would be on the dash somewhere which made filling out paperwork like trip tickets easier. The CFR is also usually stamped on the front left frame rail. If the frame number does not match the CFR number on the body, then there are a number of possibilities. I had a Dodge which had a replacement frame installed in service, so no stamping was present but the NSN was visible on the frame.

[gary_bath_jr]

Thanks Rob, I will go check the frame as soon as I can, do I need to remove anything or should I be able to see it on the frame easily?

I have attached pictures of the location of my CFR, as you said there is one on the dash but it is also on both doors, in the pic of the door you can see Front and Rear, these are on both doors.

Gary