Canada Manufacture 1942 3 ton Dodge Truck T110-L-5

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Paul,

Found it by engine number. Your truck was registration number 120649 - so an earlier number block than I was looking in yesterday. Engine and chassis match what you have. Sold to Harden & Johnson at disposal. Sorry to have misled you in my earlier post but I did say 'almost certainly!

The only visible mod I can see on your truck is that the spare wheel box at the front of the traybody has been removed: a common mod by farmers to maximise the carrying space. You can see the open end of it under the canopy in the AWM image.

The 'POW' cans are the 2 gallon Petrol, Oil and Water cans that fit into the rack visible under the front left corner of the traybody. The vehicle would ordinarily be equipped at issue with four cans: one petrol, one oil and two water. The image you have from the AWM shows three of the four cans in place: the single water can is visible as a white can and it will have a black 'W' stenciled on the sides. Petrol and oil cans were green, with a white or black "P" or "O".

The Dodge experts will have to chime in here about the original engine colour - I don't have a clue. However, if your truck (Actually a "Lorries, 3 ton, GS (Aust)" to be clinically correct) still has the original engine fitted, what colour is it now and maybe what colour is visible under the top layers of paint?

I'm sure there are members in Australia who have multiple copies of the driver's handbook (there always seemed to be plenty around!) and could sell you one. If not, I have a spare but postage ex-USA is the killer.

Mike