Nuyt:
I checked my listings for the Herrington Collection in the Detroit Public Library and find no specific mention of NPC contracts. However, they claim to have all production figures and company correspondence for a long period spanning the war, so there may well be something there.
David and Hanno:
I agree with your assessment about wartime Commonwealth Fords being sourced from Canada, not US; this is news to me that thes Commonwealth operations were subsids of Ford Canada, not of Dearborn directly. Live and learn! All fascinating stuff. Also agree that the M-H componentry for these Cmwlth locations probably came from Indianapolis direct, but it might also have been sent out with the knocked-down trucks and been sourced from Canadian Traction. Still have my doubts about the Thornton gear on the 6x6s.
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