[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I flew up to Manchester, today and had a meeting with a magazine/book editor and a printer. Basically it is all go we think for a series of books on CMPs, then we will get on to the US stuff, eg Macks, Whites, etc that for instance were used by Canadian and British forces. My eyes popped out when I saw photos of Canadian order trucks and trailers in Liverpool, 1940 onwards...

Now I have written the first book, which will be I guess 160 pages of text plus photos on the origins of the CMPs from 1935 to 1941. You want landscape, so that's the format I think. You want A4 size, so again that's ok. You want good pictures ON DECENT QUALITY PAPER, with a good cover that will not fall apart and enable you to study those pix and read my wordage...and you want it now.

We are possibly going to announce four books immediately, and through a created organisation and that means we will send out updates/corrections for subscribers as more info comes out.

How does this grab you? Book 1: Origins and history; 2. British-assembled CMPs pictorial book; 3. CMPs in civilian and demob service; 4. CMPs in postwar service, and then perhaps 5. CMPs in Australian, NZ, SA wartime service, ie the locally-assembled trucks and armoured vehicles.

I hope that everyone who reads this will contact me with thoughts, and e mail addresses as we want to send you a catalogue/brochure. This is not a for-profit enterprise, but an attempt to get in print what we would like to see.

THE MILITARY VEHICLE COLLECTION series is the working title..