Rebuilds, Overseas Assembly, Repairs
I wonder if some of the strange things many of us have seen over the years concerning mix of early and later parts could just be the result of somebody using the parts they had at hand.
This could have been at the time of original assembly in Canada, parts shortages during assembly being made up out of spare parts system instead of stopping the assembly line.
Overseas assembled vehicles again what parts do you have at hand if they were some of the fully knocked down vehicle vs single crate.
War time rebuilds trucks and parts not necessarily meeting up again after individual trucks are rebuilt.
Repair of vehicles from salvaged parts.
Seventy plus years later there are very few if any "original" CMPs left out there for us to look at and compare. Even my own HUP which started off as a very complete vehicle in 1978 when I got it, now has parts which I have change and replaced over the years. Talking just about the instrument panel I know it has had the speedo change 4 times, and several of the switches replaced over the years.
Cheers Phil
|