1947 First CMP arriving to Argentina

[Bob Carriere]

Just went throguh my AEDB photo record and could not find a suitable picture to match those trailers.

There is a better picture of the empty trailer in the 3rd or 4th picture of a poster that Mariano provided.

Some of the tires visible could be for C8 but from the size of the empty brake drums I think they are a load of knock down trailers on trailers....could they be of USA origine.....all CMP trailers of this type I have record of have single tires.

Now there must be stories of these trucks being overstocked and buried somewhere in Argentina.

Bob C

PS...Had a look again....... trailers have exact same bed reversed and exactly 8 tires for that knock down trailer.......

PSS.... and they sent nothing but the best to Argentina.....Chevrolet trucks!!!!!

[m606paz]

What about letter S paint between the two door hinges



Maybe be by Supressed ?

[Bob Carriere]

Suppressed ......with extra ground straps and possibly condensers and a small box that enclosed the ignition coil mounted on the nose section under the windshield.....

The engine cover seen in a couple of pictures seem to show a rounded cover on the top of the engine cover..... which may be associated with installation of a snorkel for beach landing....... they all seem to be late war production with the round instrument panel.

Bob C.

[Ken Smith]

They are all round roof hatch as well which explains why there is so few of them around.

[Bill Murray]

Hola Mariano...........

Mil Gracias!

An excellent selection of photos I am sure most of us have never seen before.

I also did some research on Argentina's soft skins and I will post a good reference site below.

I especially liked the two photos of advertising materiels showing the variety of goods and vehicles that were included in the program. Very valuable reference information.

Bill
http://www.militariarg.com/vehicles.html

[m606paz]

Originally Posted by Bill Murray

Hola Mariano...........

Mil Gracias!

http://www.militariarg.com/vehicles.html

Gaston? See http://www.foro.aacvm.com.ar/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=6526

[Bill Murray]

Hola Mariano:

I see by your postings on AACVM that you prefer to not be contacted by MP (PM in English) so I will add a few comments about myself here.

As most MLU members know, I have been doing research, as an amateur, on the subject of wheeled military vehicles (soft skins) of more or less the period 1935-1945 since the mid 1950's.

For more or less the last ten years, I have concentrated more on civilian or modified civilian cars and trucks rather than just pure military vehicles, from all countries.

For the last two years, I have been concentrating on another field of research, the sale, manufacture or assembly of North American vehicles outside of the US in the period 1930-1950. These vehicles could be civilian or military and of course CMP vehicles fit into this category.

I lived in Lima, Peru for two years, 1976-1978 so I have some knowledge of US vehicles in South America and also learned the Spanish language although I have gotten quite rusty at speaking it over the years. Also lived in Sweden 1974-1976 and Canada 1978-1980.

Regarding Argentina, I spent about a month earlier this year concentrating on that country and have about 30 bookmarks of historical websites dealing with both civilian and military vehicles in your country. For some reason, most of my photo database consists of photos of busses, I guess because there are so many "bus fan" websites.

I have just visited again the AACVM and Militariarg websites which I have not done for a while and I will remember to stay up with those sites.

Thank you again for your contribution here on MLU and other sites.

Saludos
Bill