anti-freeze stencil

[Jack Geratic]

In the photo, is this an anti-freeze stencil, or possibly something else?

CIGAR 1944 anti-freeze STENCIL.jpg


regards,
Jack

[rob love]

nevermind...i was off track.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I have a hard time making that out as an anti-freeze warning. It's about where the bridge class would be, maybe a scuffed up one?

Have a look at the stencil to the right of the driver's visor. It seems to have letters on the left then chalked in somethings on the right. Weights? For recording ammunition amounts? Tire pressure possibly but that would be a strange way of doing it.

The Vehicle is a Humber Mk.IV. Do you know if this is in Italy or NW Europe? The car has squadron name (CIGAR) which seems to be an early thing long gone by 1944 NW Europe, at least for armoured cars.

[David Dunlop]

Bruce.

If the engine/rad assembly is in the rear of this vehicle, it would make more sense to have the warning in that area to alert crew, would it not?

Also, on the theme of odd markings, why the ‘1102/1’ at the top of the right front fender? A ship loading code?

David

[Ron Pier]

It looks like a stencil face of a lion to me. Ron

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

It looks like a stencil face of a lion to me. Ron

Interesting. A lot of armoured cars had honourary or presentation markings on them as donated from an organization or representing some royal person.

Looking at the marking by the driver I'm tending towards how many 37mm rounds of each type, AP, explosive, etc. It's about the only thing that would need to be updated like that. Any 37mm gun experts out there?

[Lynn Eades]

The bottom image looks like a lions face. I hadn't picked up on Rons post when I said this either
Up by the drivers hatch, see image. Some variation of this? Top one maybe WT?
The carrier TCQL Tons, Hundred weight (cwt = 112lb), Quarters (q=56lb), L = Lb (pounds weight) Simple aye! (for the young people)

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

The bottom image looks like a lions face. I hadn't picked up on Rons post when I said this either
Up by the drivers hatch, see image. Some variation of this? Top one maybe WT?
The carrier TCQL Tons, Hundred weight (cwt = 112lb), Quarters (q=56lb), L = Lb (pounds weight) Simple aye! (for the young people)

If the photo was just that much clearer you could make out the letters. Weigh kind of makes sense but then I wonder why the writing on the right looks to be hand drawn as if it would be replaced with new data from time to time. Weights wouldn't need that. Still, it could be WT, HT, BR, LTH and those were stencilled the same on all vehicles then the particulars for each were chalked on, perhaps for loading on a landing craft.

But I have to chuckle over your carrier example. It almost looks like they went through all the tonnage figures then on the lower right gave up and just conceded that it is "HEAVY".

And it does look like a cat, with a striped tail out the bottom? Is there any divisional flash that looks like that? Was I just assuming this is a Canadian car?