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09-07-09, 04:06
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The Maple Leaf trucks were basically a Chev with minor trim differences and a Maple Leaf sign on the hood. The 42 to 46 trucks still had the Chev sign on the front of the hood and the Maple Leaf signs on the back corners of the hood. Maple Leafs were sold by the dealers that sold Pontiac cars. The 41 to 45 models had painted grilles etc since chrome was needed for more important wartime stuff.
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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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09-07-09, 06:00
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Hmmm .. well
The data I've seen on Maple Leafs suggests they differed from standard Chevs in various ways . Wheelbase and so on. I've a GMH sheet here somewhere that gives the differences . .. stand by for a scan .
Yes , as Cliff said, the AWM photo descriptions are often way off the mark  . They are improving the captions to some degree. Mike
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09-07-09, 06:09
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scan
the wheelbase is slightly longer on the Maple Leaf ..why ? Maybe heavier springs
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad
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09-07-09, 06:15
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better
easier to read ......
I just noticed the Maple Leaf was supplied in 170" odd wheelbase , the Chevy wasn't .
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09-07-09, 07:10
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Mike thanks for the added info. It seems that Lionel needs to measure the wheelbase on his truck to see exactly which one it is but was he surmising that the truck was a Maple Leaf because of the AWM photo caption?
 I suspect it is a plain Chev as the photos you have put up of the truck show that the mudguards are not cut out and it has civilian type wheels. These were probably changed when it entered civilian life after the war due to a lack of 18inch tyres but with the guards not cut out it may never have been fitted with the 18inch wheels. Still quite a rare beast and well worth having regardless though.
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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09-07-09, 07:41
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Gmc
This a 1940 Holden assembled GMC .. these had a GMC motor ..not the 216 .
Its a 1 tonner I think. it is in QLD . it has GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK along the bonnet . Mike
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09-07-09, 07:46
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awm
AWM piccy .......the chap in foreground liked army food
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad
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