My C15A

[JamieCavanaugh]

Thanks for the reply

I am very eager to start this project, the tear down anyway, not sure how I'm going to finish it. The guy I bought it off told me it was a tow truck and a fire truck so I guess I have options. I am a heavy truck mechanic so I hope those skills can be applied to an aging vehicle. I believe a mig welder purchase is in the future or me as this truck needs extensive panel repair/ replace. It is great to find out they're is such a community as this for a fellow like myself to become a part of. I'm sure my questions will never stop.
The interior of this truck is painted turqoise, would this be military colors after the war?
I will post more pics soon.

[JamieCavanaugh]

Here's some more pics!

[Bob Carriere]

Usually Olive drab green.

HI Jamie

Does not matter what it was converted to after the war....... it was born OD green....inside...outside..on top and underneath...... of course the underneath had a generous overspray of oil leaking from every orifice you can imagine.

Your truck was probably a GS .....general service...... with a short cargo box.

How is the engine.... running....seized or turning free.

Any pictures of the instrument panel..... seats.....

You will need to visit the Museum at the Oshawa airport... they have good restored models to look at... not sure what hours they are open.

Do you have access to a sheltered area to work on it during the Winter or plan over the cold Winter what you will attack first next Spring.

Hang in there.

Bob C

[Bob Carriere]

... the back of your cab.... behind the driver...... as this rectangular hole......
( you will need to loose that modern rear window)

..... which might indicate that it was a wireless radio truck...... that hole was for a canvas rectangular tube between the hard cargo box and the driver.... so they could shout instructions..... so you may have a wireless truck..... which might explain the RCEME rebuilt engine late into its service life...mid fifties....

Bob C

[JamieCavanaugh]

Just waiting to sell my house so I can upgrade to one with a garage. No, the engine is not running and I don't think it has for 30 years according to guy I bought it off of. I just noticed on the ls front panel there is a worn out marking. Did all units have these markings or was that post war? The exterior has od green but the interior is that turqouise color, Was that UN colors post war?

[Bob Carriere]

You might want to sand slowly with fine grit....using a flat sanding block,,,, the area on the cowl that seems to have some unit colours. Sand a little wet it down and see what you can read...... sand a little more.... as you slowly wear down the layers of paint one at a time you may be able to take a series of pictures and eventually read or sort out what is actually underneath.

Turquoise may have been popular with the French army..... never heard of it being used on Canadian vehicles.

Bob C