YOUR DODGE D-15 pictures - wanted!

[Erwin]

Hi everybody

I would like to encourage you to post PICTURES of Dodge D-15s.

1. Wartime or 2. restored and running.

My D-15 is on the road since 2010. It´s now rebuilt from (postwar Austrian) LH steering to (original) RH steering. Paintwork follows the GO. Only AFTER painting according the GO I found pictures of original D-15s in Italy - and luckily the camo scheme matched;-)

I followed the track of the vehicle:

Build date: 2 10 1943. No: 910 48 555. On the frame I found LIGHT STONE as basic color, but it was overall OD when it arrived in Austria. It came with the 8th Army via Italy. After the British forces left the truck was sold as surplus and used by a local blacksmith until the 1980ies. There I found it in a barn in 2004.

The livery resembles a vehicle of the 8th army, 78th Battleaxe Div. This Scottish division entered Austria from the south and played a role in the infamous massacre of the Cossacks in Carinthia by handing them over to the Soviets. Later it was a main part of the British Occupation Forces in Austria.

The blue marking stands for an engineer battalion.

The truck is very reliable, and I even regularly use it for shopping.

Alright, please go ahead and let me see YOUR pictures.

Cheers, Erwin

DODGE - DEPENDABLE TRUCKS.

[Simon Balding]

Wow, I love the paint job. Very nice.
Its great to see another one of these rare trucks still running.
Here's my September 1942 D15 15CWT GS.

Photos next to my Dad's '47 Canadian Dodge Sedan and my wife's 1943 WC54 Dodge Ambulance.

Markings are 396 GT Coy RASC 8th Army 1944 Italy.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This picture was taken during the Corridortour 1989 at Nijmegen by Peter van Wijk.

[Bob Carriere]

How are the CMP rims fitted to what axle????? are they Dodge axles or did you use CMP axles. or did Dodge have their own axles with adapters to allow CMP rims to be used....?

Thanks

Bob C

[Pete Ashby]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

How are the CMP rims fitted to what axle????? are they Dodge axles or did you use CMP axles. or did Dodge have their own axles with adapters to allow CMP rims to be used....?

Thanks

Bob C

They are Dodge Brothers produced axles and hubs Bob
Pete

[Pete Ashby]

Here's my D15 water tanker Erwin

It is currently undergoing full ground up restoration if you follow the link you can see the restoration blog I'm running on HMVF. http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/38577-dodge-d15t/

Pete

[Erwin]

@Simon: Very beautiful truck! Superb restoration! Thank you for the nice pictures!
@Hanno: Thank you for the great picture!
@Pete: Wow-a water bowser! What a nice and complete basis! Saw the pictures on your blog! Great!

This is what this thread is about: just D-15 pictures...!
Keep on posting MORE pictures please:-)

Here´s an original:

[Pete Ashby]

Here's a IWM photo of a first contract water truck delivered to the British in early 1943

[Pete Ashby]

Here's another official photo (IWM) for you Erwin of an early contract D15 'van' or as it's more commonly referred to D15 GS

Pete

[Simon Balding]

The Highland Queen photos are relatively well known. We had a bit of fun re-creating them in between paint jobs this winter.

[Simon Balding]

A few more Highland Queen shots.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Excellent idea, Erwin.

Some period Dutch liberation pics added

Water tanker in Utrecht, source: https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/
D15 Jewish Brigade in IJmuiden source: https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/
D15 in Amsterdam source: https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/
and last two show a D15 in Dordrecht. source: https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/


Please keep the pics coming guys!

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Erwin

My D-15 is on the road since 2010. It´s now rebuilt from (postwar Austrian) LH steering to (original) RH steering.

Erwin,

I forgot to congratulate you on your D15. It turned out really smart!

Note: for those who have missed it, see http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12401 for a picture of what Erwin started off with...

Originally Posted by Erwin

I would like to encourage you to post PICTURES of Dodge D-15s.
1. Wartime or 2. restored and running.

Here are some links to related threads:

1. Wartime
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1249
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29074
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?p=87506


2. restored and running (or under restoration)
- D15 under restoration in Belgium (from Austria): http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...d.php?p=162526
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7030
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=16762
- http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?p=68665

HTH,
Hanno

[Pete Ashby]

Couple more photos showing left and right sides of an early first contract D15 tanker in light stone.
Sorry no reference for these as I can't remember now were on the web I took them from, may be IWM but I suspect these may be factory photos by Dodge Bros.

Pete

[Erwin]

Alex, Simon, Pete:

Wonderful pictures! In particular the Jewish Brigade truck strikes me. Never seen it before! Great! But all of your posts are extremely fascinating!!

Hanno:

Thank you for your congratulations) and your reference link where it all started from...

All on the Softskin Forum:

P L E A S E keep paying tribute to an (attention-wise) underrated though absolutely beautiful 40ies truck with a unique British-Canadian-US family tree!
And post YOUR D-15 pictures here!

>>Any more restored ones?

Thank YOU
Erwin

[Pete Ashby]

Here's a couple of D15 vans in Polish service these photos would be either taken in Italy or possibly Austria credits are on the photos, notice the camouflage scheme Erwin

Pete

[Bob Carriere]

Peter

How did the ladies keep that "berret" firmly on the back of their heads????


Second question..... seeing you are from the UK and have seen your postings on other site........ I remember reading/seeing somewhere that there was a LRDG "repro" that was made in the UK using the Canadian Dodge axles that accepted the standard CMP rims........ any knowledge of who they were????

curious about their building process.......

Bob C

[Alex van de Wetering]

Couple more...

Water tanker in Italy, source: IWM CNA 2381 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205212494
Second and third picture, Alkmaar 1945, source: https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/
Picture 4. Postwar Dutch service. source: https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/
Sadly I can't remember where I found the 5th picture of the decapitated water tanker

Alex

[Pete Ashby]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Peter

How did the ladies keep that "berret" firmly on the back of their heads????

I suspect hat pins Bob my mother used to have some wicked ones.

Second question..... seeing you are from the UK and have seen your postings on other site........ I remember reading/seeing somewhere that there was a LRDG "repro" that was made in the UK using the Canadian Dodge axles that accepted the standard CMP rims........ any knowledge of who they were????

curious about their building process.......

If you are thinking about the one that was based on the 30cwt MCP, then that was done probably over 30 years ago now. The chap who did it was Preston Isaacs from North Devon ex MVT Chairman and owner of Cobbaton Military Vehicle Museum.

Pete

[Alex van de Wetering]

Any more restored ones?

I think the one in the first picture might be Simons truck in a previous life (?).....here it is at Wings and Wheels in Belgium in 2015. It has to be the D15 that was restored by the late Johan van Rijn.
second pic shows a D15 in Normandy in 2009.....I though it was owned by an Italian member.....but looking at the licence plate it might be British (?).
Last picture shows a Dutch D15 in 2016

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Second question..... seeing you are from the UK and have seen your postings on other site........ I remember reading/seeing somewhere that there was a LRDG "repro" that was made in the UK using the Canadian Dodge axles that accepted the standard CMP rims........ any knowledge of who they were????

curious about their building process.......

I have seen short footage on youtube or similar of a D15 without roof and doors and kitted out like it was to cross the desert.

The D15 uses the standard WD 6.00x16" split rim, so there would be no "building process" to fit these to the Dodge axles?

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I have seen short footage on youtube or similar of a D15 without roof and doors and kitted out like it was to cross the desert.

I think this is the one I saw in a short clip:



Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richar...7627751210502/

[Pete Ashby]

Here's a D15 Tanker of the 8th Indian Div "somewhere in Italy", note the use of tire chains on the tanker.

Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is on the truck I would hazard a guess at G3 ?? it seem a bit too dense in the photo for Light Stone
Pete

Photo credit IWM

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is on the truck I would hazard a guess at G3 ?? it seem a bit too dense in the photo for Light Stone
Pete

Photo credit IWM

Could very well be Pete
Interesting painted placards on the back: «35» ecircled by dotted line??

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Couple more...
...
Sadly I can't remember where I found the 5th picture of the decapitated water tanker

Alex

Great pics Alex!
Looking atYOUR decapitated bowser with the intentionally installed single windshield like in LRDG vehicles and atHANNOS decapitated GS body there apparently were even more then one customized desert versions!!! I will try and find a 1:35 model illustration of such a desertized D15 I once dug out somewhere. 10+ Years I have been thinking that this was pure fiction. Very exciting!!!

Btw: thank you!! Hanno for your great pics. (And your lively participating in this thread-your infos were already instrumental together with Mike Starmer for my paintwork yrs ago;-)))

Cheers and tot ziens
Erwin

[Pete Ashby]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Could very well be Pete
Interesting painted placards on the back: «35» ecircled by dotted line??

The 35 and the circle will be in red, it's a maximum road speed marking Erwin, common on early production British trucks and some but not all CMP's it tended not to bee seen on later British and Canadian trucks.
Pete

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

The 35 and the circle will be in red, it's a maximum road speed marking Erwin, ...
Pete

Oh thank you Pete!

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I think this is the one I saw in a short clip:

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Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richar...7627751210502/

Her´s the drawing of the vehicle I mentioned. Always thought it´s a fantasy.
The pic of the original that Hanno put into this thread is from the former Army Museum. The latter closed years ago I believe and I think parts of it ended up in the Wheatcroft collection in Donington, Derby.
Can anybody confirm this?
If so, the LRDG D-15 could be there as well...

[Erwin]

...sorry here´s the picture...

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Here's a D15 Tanker of the 8th Indian Div "somewhere in Italy", ...

...Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is... .
Pete

Photo credit IWM

could this be it, Pete?
Another model illustration of which I have no clue where it comes from...