Post War Commercial Civil Defense Trucks

[chris vickery]

I have some CD decals at home. I will get some pics on the weekend.
If memory serves, they indicate that the vehicle they are affixed to is registered with CD for use in a time of emergency.
I suppose back in the cold war days that there must have been some type of National program which encouraged citizens to volunteer there services and vehicles when and if required.

[rob love]

The stake truck shown in post 8 would appear to be a DND vehicle as opposed to a Civil Defense vehicle, judging from the CAR number on the door.

[charlie fitton]

More like this...

[Ed Storey]

Here is a classic from the era.

CAMT 2-91 Training For National Survival (Provisional) - 1959.jpg

[Dave D.]

Originally Posted by rob love

The stake truck shown in post 8 would appear to be a DND vehicle as opposed to a Civil Defense vehicle, judging from the CAR number on the door.

Do you have any info Rob about the DND duration of use with the old stake trucks?

The CD trucks look like a mix of Mercury and International so I'm wondering how many Stake Trucks got passed down to CD?

It is known that at some point DND used the Deuce to pull supplies and re-supply the military bunker system. What I'm still curious about are photos and memories of those that helped supply the "Municipal, Provincial and Federal" bunkers we keep finding around the country. Here is the link to 'one' buried hospital in Medicine hat.
http://civildefencemuseum.ca/secrets...round-hospital


We do have some documentation on the Canada Health purchase of "new" trucks but we're still pinning down a more complete CD fleet.