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Old 25-03-09, 00:20
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If anyone has any CZ numbers to add preferably from period pix I'll put them in the list.
David,

It would be best to relay on period pictures and documents, or only restored trucks with a documented provenance.

Here are some census numbers from the thread Wartime pictures wanted: CMP F15A, all F15A´s with Cab 13:
  • CZ4254984
  • CZ4256001
  • CZ4256418
  • CZ4285711
When I find more I´ll post them here.

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Old 25-03-09, 00:30
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Cross reference to same subject discussed a few years back: War Dept. numbers.

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Old 25-03-09, 00:41
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Default W.D. number CZ4206605

Period document, a road accident report, listing 1st Cdn Army Ford 15cwt truck with vehicle W.D. number CZ4206605 (read more on my web page).

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Old 25-03-09, 00:52
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Here's five from Canada's Fighting Vehicles. I was kind of surprised that the White fit the category.
Note the two penthouses on the HUP.

CZ4210143.jpg CZ4214008.jpg CZ4228552.jpg CZ4255794.jpg CZ4258169.jpg
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2

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Old 25-03-09, 17:15
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Over the years there have been two attempts to collect WD numbers from CMPs both John Merchant and Peter Ford tried to collect this information from CMP owners. In corresponding with both of them one of the issues was the originality of the numbers reported.

When I first restored my HUP I put it in the markings of a Canadian Unit at the close of the war. The WD number on the door was totally bogus taken form the vehicles serial number, yes now I know that there is no correlation but then I didn't. After having learned the true history of my HUP and found proof my marking problems were solved.

Thus I think you have probably hit on the best route to a list of WD numbers and matching vehicles. Gleaning through the photo archives that were not readily accessible before the web.

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Old 26-03-09, 23:57
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Here's some more. I've edited my original post to link the pix to the CZ numbers.
You can't see the hood on this water truck but then all water bodies were on Cab 12s, weren't they?

CZ421344.jpg CZ42590.jpg CZ4285706.jpg CZ4288020 & CZ4287215.jpg CZ4204797.jpg
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2

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Old 27-03-09, 06:55
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I dug up a few more. It's quite surprising how far out the numbers on a lot of the restored vehicles really are. Maybe this thread will help solve that problem. I'm going to delete all the references with no pix for that reason.
The CZ numbers seem to go from about 4204000 to 4290000. That's about ninety thousand 8 cwt and 15 cwt vehicles in Canadian service overseas. According to Canada's Fighting Vehicles there were 133442 vehicles of the types I've found produced. When you take into account the ones that stayed home and the ones that went to other countries that makes me think there must have been large gaps in the numbering system or more types included.

CZ4204396.jpg

CZ4287946.jpg CZ4204994.jpg
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2

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