Canadian Chevrolet Maple Leaf 4x4 artillery tractors?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Nuyt, the photo confirms that the truck was a Maple Leaf 4 x 4 ... the suggestion I made before about not badging the trucks as 'GMC's' must in my opinion be one of sensitivity in Oshawa. They trialled a GMC in 1939 which was designed by the Pontiac Plant team but for export the GM of Canada directors would have wanted to show that they supplied the trucks to the other GM subsidiaries, in Antwerpen and Java, and Australia. 'General Motors Truck' would have given the impression that the trucks were US-sourced.

I like to think that the evidence is there in black and white that the Canadians as we used to say in Round Table, 'adopted, adapted and improved' the Pontiac multi-drive truck designs.

As to shipments, the late Bart Vanderveen wrote about the 4 x 4 military truck exports to GM Continental in WHEELS & TRACKS, and if I can dig out my issue from my collection in our shed then I will be able to answer further if someone does not beat me to it!

I looked up my listing and there was indeed a 4 x 4 COE GMC Model..AFKX-352. The Brits bought a load of them and they would have been available for other countries.