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Old 30-11-08, 00:35
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Just buy it an tell Marcia Grant got it......


...... and if you don't let us drive it...... we tell Marcia hihihi

Peter..... you are right it is awsome.... it also has a winch built in to the front....... we never got stuck with it..... very scary driving over the edge of a sand pit as the front axle is slightly behind the sitting arrangement.... you seem to hang in mid air until it tumbles forward.....

The 14x20 tires at 20 pounds have such a wide print in dry sand that it can drive over you lower leg with out more than a hard pressing feeling..... don't ask how I know.....

Will see if I can find pictures from the mid 70 up in the Joachim dam area ......

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Old 30-11-08, 01:42
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Default The RAM truck

I just happened to have this photo of what was then known as the RAM truck from a 1970 edition of Sentinel magazine. This 5/4 ton vehicle was going to be the replacement for the Dodge 3/4 ton, and was included in the 1968 series of war establishments published by Mobile Command for the land forces. That's how sure the 'powers that be' were that it was going to be adopted as Standard A.

I never knew too much about it, just that it never materialized in any form. Five years later the more famous off-the-shelf 5/4 ton trucks appeared in lieu.

I would be interested in any details on it, or why it was eventually discontinued.

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Old 30-11-08, 01:46
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I believe there is one of these sitting outside of the museum at CFB Borden. I'll have a look this week and try to get a picture.
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Old 12-12-08, 00:48
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I believe there is one of these sitting outside of the museum at CFB Borden. I'll have a look this week and try to get a picture.
There was definately one of these at the CFB Borden Museum when all the softskins were inside the largish whitish building opposite Waterloo Mess, near the old Armoured lines. I have a photo of it, in situ.
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Old 12-12-08, 04:50
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Hi Jon

That implies that all 7 prototype are vaguely accounted for.....

One in Cantley for sale
One in P&S
One in Borden
One was destroyed at LETI

One was for sale on the West coast...Vancouver...?...on EBay I think early 2000 ++ red and white....
One was for sale in the USA on the dodge power wagon forum
One is in private hands painted beige with out a top that Mike has a photograph somewhere...????

The last three are NOT fully documented.


Hopefully the Cantley one will go to a caring collector......

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Old 13-12-08, 03:27
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i think that beige one was forsale on the net four or five years ago, but i can't remember in what province, or what list it came from mike
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Old 30-11-08, 02:36
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Just buy it an tell Marcia Grant got it......Boob:
Just emailed the chap selling the prototype: "We will acccept any offer OVER 18,500$". Marcia might be suspicious with a large negative balance in the account, so can I blame that on Grant too?

If this beast sells for the asking price, I think we will have a record on our hands.
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Old 30-11-08, 03:51
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Rob, if you buy the Dodge either I'm going to have to hide from your wife seeking vengence, or you are going to have to buy her a monster bauble in the "jewels for trucks" tradeoff.
Or you could tell her that the payment is a research fee to find a rural property to store your buddies trucks, remember that you only own one metal mistress......
Or if you like living dangerously you could tell Marcia your human mistress was blackmailing you...
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Old 30-11-08, 04:16
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well, i guess it's my turn to chime in....first off, thank you bob for the information on this truck i have often wondered what the details of it were, and no one seemed to have any answers. attached are a few pics from the 7gb military vehicle database that lives on my computer. i can't remember where these came from, but the credit for them goes to those individuals.
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Old 30-11-08, 04:25
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Rob, if you buy the Dodge either I'm going to have to hide from your wife seeking vengence, or you are going to have to buy her a monster bauble in the "jewels for trucks" tradeoff.
Or you could tell her that the payment is a research fee to find a rural property to store your buddies trucks, remember that you only own one metal mistress......
Or if you like living dangerously you could tell Marcia your human mistress was blackmailing you...
My Dad taught me to live with one mistress at a time...so I am stuck with the metal mistress till death do us part.

In any case, it is good to see some more info surfacing from this thread on the rare Chrysler prototype. I hope Mark H from the S&P Museum adds some commentary, since he owns one...
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