HUP Hiding Behind Andy McNaughton
 

It looks like a HUP - see 1:12 of the video. Nice shots of some CMPs included, and some muttering about aircraft...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buFDVUVPcxw

Here are a couple of photos of a British Contract 1C11 bodied HUP built in late August 1945 that went from GM storage in Oshawa after the war to MacDonald Manitoba for disposal. Ended up as a mobile field office for a construction company, while two of it's sister's ended up in the Weyburn, Saskatchewan area.

Anyone recognize it? :)


David

Construction HUP
 

If the painted sign on the side of the truck says "Dominion Construction", then I can say that I do recognize it. It now resides in Hammond.

I thought it looked familiar on your avitar and Mike C. mentioned to me a few years ago it had found a good home.

Peter Ford had traced the history of it for me one summer when he was rummaging in the Archives in Ottawa and had also tracked down the other two from the same contract.

Cheers,


David

Hup lineage
 

David, I would be very interested in getting hi-res versions of your photos and any of the info that Mr Ford obtained in his research of these trucks. If you can provide such, I will send my email address.

Cheers,

HUP Owner In a Strange Place (@the mudder-in-laws)

Sadly, those two photos are old Polaroids circa 1978 or so and the resolution sucks on them. I might, however, have some 35mm photos tucked away in which the HUP is a background piece for other vehicles. I will check and see if there is anything useful on them for you and let you know.

Peter had been doing his usual searches at PAC for anything useful on CMP production in particular and wartime Canadian production in general, when he stumbled across some documents related to the British Government's authorization to Canada at the end of the war to dispose of contracts it no longer needed, or could afford to pay for and the contract covering that HUP came up in the documents. Peter recognized it because he had visited and seen the HUP on his way down to Ottawa.

It was unclear if the order had been completed for the vehicles or not, but Canada apparently agreed to dispose of the vehicles that were being held at GM. I assume GM would have rec'd some or all of the money earned by sale. From what Peter could figure out, the vehicles were batched out to several depots across Canada. Dominion Construction purchased the one I ended up with from MacDonald. Two others went from MacDonald to the Weyburn area in Saskatchewan. The kids of one farmer who bought one, took it for a joyride one night shortly after he bought it. They stalled it on a railway crossing and it got whacked by a freight when the kids went back to get help to push it. The other one, Peter eventually found in another farm and was able to buy a door and the cab partition assembly from him, as I was in need of replacements for both items.

A chap in South Winnipeg eventually bought the HUP from Dominion. He ran a machine shop and I could see the truck for several years from our apartment complex. Eventually went to see it and found it was for sale. When I first saw it up close, it still had the spare mounted, though it seemed a bit smaller than the wheels it was running on, and the headlamps were alive and well. It ran well and the brakes were soft but did work. When I went back to actually buy it about a week later, the owner had it locked in his shop because somebody had stolen the spare and the headlamp assemblies. About three weeks after that, somebody nicked the canvas top assembly off my M38Cdn while it was parked at our apt.

That's about all I know on the HUP. Will let you know what I find in the way of other photos.

David

Much Appreciated
 

David, I kept the Dominion Construction panel as momento - most of the side panels had to be replaced due to damage/ rust issues and to allow me to get at the backside of the support ribs.

Once again, MLU proves itself to be a valuable source of CMP information!

Nice touch keeping that panel. Even though the HUP never saw any military service, Dominion was a very long and important part of it's history. Have you been able to find a mate for the rear interior lamp? That item was on my wish list forever, along with a replacement Lub Chart??? that was mounted on the driver's door. The one on the truck was original but had been worn smooth over part of it from many years of 'driver's elbow'.

David

HUP Parts
 

David, I found the second lamp, but I continue to seek both charts - the lube and the electrical. I have the original worn out lube chart, a spare divider upper frame (which will eventually make its way out west) and a spare rear door.

I will post some before and after photos when I get back home next week.

Hey David....
 

you need to get all those old 35 mm and polaroid pics of your history with the CMP hobby scanned and up here. Very enjoyable to view. Cheers Rob

On the road to rouen
 

Canadian Army Newsreel - The Road to Rouen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJj5-CxUL8 - at the 39 second mark - at the end of the column of tanks and possibly in the foreground as the prisoner is marched past.

Some good shots of other CMPs throughout.

Hup in monuments men movie
 

Seen near the beginning of the movie after D-Day landings.

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_702014-Chevrolet-C8-A.html

Strange to see "foreign kit" in a US movie, but then again, look at what the Monument's Men are driving...

....and.....
 

...the Kubel wagon is cockeyed and has some very large modern electric wiper motors......

Cheers

The C8 in Monuments men has its head lights moved outwards, this done to most of the Danish CMP's, could this be an ex danish one? or was the same done in other countries?

Could be this one?
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Could Be...
 

But the markings are different (maybe changed for the movie), and the tires are different - bar vs S tread (maybe changed over time??). Turn signal lights also look to be different. Nonetheless, it is always good to see a HUP in a modern movie.

A HUP, apparently derived from the UNRA somewhere in Greece, early 1950's..

..unspeakable poverty just a few years after the WWII...

(photo by Avery Clark)

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30 K Views
 

YouTube is indeed an interesting form of media with strange attractions. My video of the Pilot Model HUP just passed the 30 thousand views threshold (no, the majority of views were not mine...).

Gratuitously self-aggrandizing bump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjduhFyTkA

Rhodesian HUP
 

Whilst watching Clarkson, May and Hammond galivanting across Zimbabwe, I spotted a forlorn HUP in the scrap yard they were visiting. Fans can watch the final episode of the Grand Tour and pause at the 42.50 mark of the show to see it. I'll bet that it had one hell of a life.

Over 10 years of dust on this one.....
 

.......... are you reviving Ye ol' Yuuppppp for Spring time???

Long time no see!!!

Hope springs eternal in every human breast
 

Hi Bob, After a few years marked by divorce, sickness and other calamities, it is time to get back to the things that bring some sense of joy and accomplishment. So, yes, the 45 HUP will be revived this Spring.

Currently, I have the frame and floor of the 43 Pilot Model in the shop. The frame needs some paint work, and the floor needs some welding. As the weather warms up, activity will increase.

One of these days you and Grant must make your way out to the farm for a tour and a brew or two.

And in keeping with the theme of this thread, I have a good number of HUP bodies and frames in what is to you, a strange place. Make it strange no more!

I will have the two beers.....
 

....Grant usually does not drink!!!!!

I am also waiting for Spring...... finally got myself two steel front fenders for the 1940 Chev truck that I want to build as an early Cairo production LRDG vehicle...... if I live long enough...... I do have a spare rebuilt 235 and all the other parts.....but recently acquired a civilian "302" to play with that might go into to the LRDG to give it more Ooomph!!! as a two wheel drive lenght of the engine and tranny is not an issue.

Not sure when we will be able to order parts from the US without being fleeced.....