07-09-08, 20:58
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former Resident Historian
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The New Forest, England
Posts: 3,841
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Notes
I ought to reproduce my notes in entirety as it may be of interest:
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SM 2037 MUST BE MIXED ORDER BETWEEN CHEVROLET 8443 AND 1543X2 AND FORD EC018Q AND EC098T "TRUCK 3 TON 4 X 2 160 IN. WHEELBASE", 6,847 ORDERED DESTINATION EGYPT AS AT 30 JUNE 1942
SM 2019 OR 2037 WRECKER # 12 CAB GAR WOOD 4D1 BODY: IWM PHOTO KID 1987[see IWM photo KID 1987]
SM 2104 WAS SUBMITTED ON 2 JULY 1941 TO CANADA AND COMPRISED 10,000 3-TON LORRIES “SIMILAR TO SM 2019 FORD AND CHEVROLET” WITH 10.50 X 20 GENERAL PURPOSE TYRES PACKS CKD, NOTE CKD, FOR ASSEMBLY IN INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. THE DESTINATIONS MUST HAVE CHANGED BY AUTUMN 1942.
Australian papers show 60% Chev/40% Ford, and 9,828 actually ordered
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