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Old 06-01-18, 12:36
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Download and read “Canadian Military Headquarters. Vehicle Data Book (Restricted). 1944“ here:

https://wartimecanada.ca/document/se...icle-data-book

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Hi Hanno

The Vehicle Data Books looks very familiar as in the Gregg Series. That this has now become public source documents and not subject to copyright laws. Makes me feel much better about sharing it.

This is a resource that every CMP owner should download and save.

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Bill Gregg was quite open about the source being that data book. This from his introduction:

'The first part is essentially a photo facsimile of the original Vehicle Data Book issued in March 1943...'

Nice to see the original version, but great that Bill reproduced it way back in 1978 and the second edition in 1980.

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