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05-11-10, 03:47
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New picture.......Riddle....
While at the recent militaria show in Ottawa last weekend Rob noticed this picture that fell out of a book...... not interested in thebook but in the picture Rob purchased same and gave it to me..... it was not a nude but very nice just the same !!!
Obviously a personal picture from a small box camera....original size is about 2.5 by 3.5 inches. I have scanned it and enlarged certain parts of it...... The first pic is the full picture..... noticed the lettering on the door.... The license palte to my failing eyes reads QUEBEC 40 ...And the enlargement of the door says R DECHAUD 70-1-703 So the riddle is...... ....when did they start writing the name of the truck driver on the door.... and why...? maybe that's just for Quebec so they would not loose them..? Rob Clarke has suggested a very plausible explanation and even a possible location.... Any takers.....? Boob
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05-11-10, 04:11
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Not being much of an acedemic, but a professional, none-the-less I would think it would be for the Regiment De La Chaudiers. I hope you can sleep well tonight Mr Boobee.
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05-11-10, 05:04
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Not bad Jordan.....
.... I must admit, at first, it did not make much sense to me....
....but then Rob pointed out the abreviation....R. DECHAUD. and according to him the hill in the background are probably early ValCartier PQ..... Does anyone knows what color the plate/numbers would have been in 1940 for Qc. A charming picture....early C8 with no front vent....and what I believe to be a woven steel mesh Ford grill...... shudder !!!! very common for that era.. Bob
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05-11-10, 14:34
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Chaudieres
Le Régiment de la Chaudière now hails from Beauceville, Thetford Mines, Lac Mégantic and the neighbouring areas. It was formed in 1939 as a machine gun battalion and was sent to England in 1941. Members of the regiment participated in the D-Day landings. The locals were astonished to find out that there were French speaking troops in the invasion force. They were more than a little confused by the regiment's name, as a chaudiere was a water heater...the explanation given for the regiment's name - it was named after the river in Quebec by the same name. If you get a chance to see the Chaudiere River in all of its glory, it will become apparent how it got its name - the water appears to be boiling as it rolls along certain parts of its course.
The photo may have been taken at or near the rifle ranges in Valcartier - judging by the photo of the mountain in the background. Bob, I knew that you would appreciate the photo as only a Monkey Face aficionado would...
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05-11-10, 16:28
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Quebec plates
I'm not sure about colours but start at
http://www.canplates.com/quebec.html The plate shown as 1937-1943 appears brown (slight reddish tinge) on my monitor with white print. I have no idea if all plates for a given year were the same colour or if cars and commercials had different colours. the pictured plate seems to be white print on dark background which fits the above. Another site says that 1940 car plates were white on black. A third site shows both car and truck plates for the same tears (but not 1940, oldest shown example is 1966) and the colours are the same in each case shown. The linked site contains confirmation that the plate is commercial, not car, apparently F=frais. As curiosity Quebec's 1944 plates were black lettereing on a light grey background on a masonite plate. Ontario for 1944 was a decal placed on the windshield to extend the 1943 plate.
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05-11-10, 16:34
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Here yah go.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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08-11-10, 02:24
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Isn't the old ghost a C15? Interesting how they have the direction on rear tires reversed. I wonder if this actually improves traction with Chevron pattern directionals, or was it just luck of the draw when installing replacement tires that were pre-mounted on rims. David seems to have a C15 that is ten census numbers off of this one. 40-1-703 is in your pic and 40-1-713 is in his yard! http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8622
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08-11-10, 22:55
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You are correct....
I had the C right.... but yes it is a C15 has it has runningboards.....
The rear wheels are mounted backwards to facilitate a retreat to the rear..... a left over from the French army.... Bottom line it must have been a nightmare for the motor pool to have the proper orientation of tires...... I can just hear it...... sorry Sir you can't have your vehicle ready untill we find some right side tires....! Strange coincidence to have two trucks so far apart within Canada. Bob C
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17-11-10, 00:42
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Barn Update
Winter prep. Two words. Important work. Bob and Grant spent a good portion of the last few weekends clearing brush from the trailer parking area and the road to the wagon lines. A few large trees will now feed Lucifer on those rapidly approaching cold days. Bob also spread some gravel over the driveway near his house and on the road leading to the barn. They did a great job as you can now see the wagon lines from the trailer park. I missed out on these activities to recover from a run in with a large tree branch (it went down with a good fight...).
This weekend I finally got long-haired niner's authorization to go to the barn. The first order of business was to clean out the 45 HUP shelter so that I could move around in it. The 43 HUP shelter also needed a cleaning out. Storage space is becoming somewhat tight at the moment, so we had to make due with the resources at hand. My old car shelter (used for the infamous BBQs) got damaged in a recent wind storm. The fabric was shredded in many places rendering it useful only for covering engines etc... The frame was repaired and set up next to the 45 HUP shelter. Since I had some of Greg Wright's famous modular tent pieces, they were used to "wrap" the shelter. It would have taken three center sections to totally cover the shelter frame, but I only had two available. However I did have two end pieces and the result can be seen below. Today I spent a few hours moving various HUP pieces into the "new" shelter. I still have to put some shelving together, but overall the new shelter has given me the space to move around freely in the other shelters. I suspect that that space will be taken up with future acquistions (I hope). Photo 1: Bob and Grant bleeding babbits Photo 2: The "new" shelter Photo 3: The first rule of HUP Club is "You always talk about HUPs"...
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