My New Project C15A Water Truck

[mel gabel]

There was a full page article and pictures of a fully restored 1943 CMP water truck on page 42 of the Feb 20/13 issue of Metronews - a daily publication available for free in the metro Toronto area. The owner of the truck is Bill Hebb, who might be an invaluable source for parts and general information for you.

The paper has a website at metronews.ca

The author of the article was Jeff Melynchuk, with a website wheelbasemedia.com

Hope this proves useful for you.

John T (Mel) Gabel
Campbellville, ON

[Svenn Ryen]

Does the water truck with canvas top over the tank in the Pictures in Dutch Defense archive in the post above have both Ford and Chevy plate in the grill???

Svenn

[Ian Johns]

Originally Posted by Svenn Ryen

Does the water truck with canvas top over the tank in the Pictures in Dutch Defense archive in the post above have both Ford and Chevy plate in the grill???

Svenn

I can't tell what it is but there is something over the chev. symbol. I don't think it says Ford though.

[Ian Johns]

Originally Posted by mel gabel

There was a full page article and pictures of a fully restored 1943 CMP water truck on page 42 of the Feb 20/13 issue of Metronews - a daily publication available for free in the metro Toronto area. The owner of the truck is Bill Hebb, who might be an invaluable source for parts and general information for you.

The paper has a website at metronews.ca

The author of the article was Jeff Melynchuk, with a website wheelbasemedia.com

Hope this proves useful for you.

John T (Mel) Gabel
Campbellville, ON

I've been emailing back and forth with Bill all weekend thanks to another MLU member. He's been a great help. Bill has given me permission to post some of the photos he sent me.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Does the water truck with canvas top over the tank in the Pictures in Dutch Defense archive in the post above have both Ford and Chevy plate in the grill???

Hmm, that does look somewhat strange. I guess either a Ford badge, or is it the rad filler cap?

Now I have to figure out how to down load the entire of each photos at full resolution. I can grab them as screen shots but that looses some of the detail that is there. My problem of course is in translating the site to find out how to download the images.

Phil, Sadly I haven't found an easy way to download the pictures yet. (allthough you can probably order prints). The best solution I found is either to use the full screen-function, downsize to screen size and than make a screen dump. For the ultimate size you have to set it too full size, make four screen dumps and knit them together in Photoshop.

Alex

[Svenn Ryen]

A funny detail on the C15A on the dutch army archive is that something is written on the door under the numbers!

Looks like "Hold Fast" which in Norwegian means "hang on"



perhaps some Dutch members can give it another meaning?

Svenn

[Ian Johns]

Here's some factory photos.

[Ian Johns]

Here's some more.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Svenn Ryen

A funny detail on the C15A on the dutch army archive is that something is written on the door under the numbers!

Looks like "Hold Fast" which in Norwegian means "hang on"

Indeed, this truck seems to have "hold fast" written on the door: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/me...1-13966e870614
"Hold fast" literally translated into Dutch means "vasthouden" - maybe it was an indication they should hang on to this truck as it was a good one?

Interestingly, other trucks also had written texts on their doors. This one: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/me...1-13966e870614
has "Remmen Slecht" or "brakes bad" written in chalk.

It could well be these pictures were taken when taking stock of vehicles.

Hanno

[Ian Johns]

Once it was one....now it's two

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Indeed, this truck seems to have "hold fast" written on the door: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/me...1-13966e870614
"Hold fast" literally translated into Dutch means "vasthouden" - maybe it was an indication they should hang on to this truck as it was a good one?

Interestingly, other trucks also had written texts on their doors. This one: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/me...1-13966e870614
has "Remmen Slecht" or "brakes bad" written in chalk.

It could well be these pictures were taken when taking stock of vehicles.

Hanno

I suspect this is a pure coincidence. The term Hold Fast is a Canadian Army Engineer expression. Fresh water-making is also a Canadian Army Engineer task. A holdfast is a technical term for a foundation point, sort of an improvised anchor. It is also a loose term for an engineer gathering, sometimes just the officers although in an egalitarian sense also a professional social call that includes the senior NCOs too. Beer might be available, but the purpose would be talk or presentation on some useful topic.

[Andrew]

Or in my case "hold fast" is on my family crest with a bull (MacLeod)
Im thinking of using it for the naming of my halftrack