General Bill Slims Truck / Caravan CMP

[Mike Cecil]

David,

'Adelaide' had two plants, neither of which are called the 'Adelaide' plant in the GMH War Record history, but Birkenhead and Beverley, with only the Birkenhead Plant involved in car and truck chassis assembly. Maybe that's why there are no 'A'-marked chassis? The Perth and Brisbane Plants were known by those names (and stamped 'P' and 'B') but the 'Sydney' plant where car and truck chassis were assembled was actually known as 'Pagewood Plant', but as we know, was marked with an 'S'. So, seemingly some inconsistencies.

REF the C60X chassis number you quoted earlier, 3866070143M. This was assembled as an RAAF 900 gallon refueller and delivered to the RAAF with the last batch in late 1945. I suspect it was one of several that were subsequently transferred to the Royal Australian Navy, but am yet to cross-check the engine numbers in an effort to confirm this.

REF 'PE': yes, interested to see a list/partial list to see if I can make any cross reference to what I have on contract data. As you say, we may all learn from it. Do you have any shipping information regarding deliveries from Canada to overseas?

Regards

Mike C