CFR Request Thread

[Keith Macdonald]

Is there any info available on my Iltis, CFR #88199?

[Ed Storey]

Your Iltis BI01-03-86-88199 was sold out of Petawawa in November 2005.

[Keith Macdonald]

Thanks Ed.

[Ken Smith]

Good day,
I have owned this truck for about 15 years cab chassis only, the registration # is 54-56169 I was wondering if there is some record somewhere of its history.
There is a white hollow square on each door under the registration number. The borders of the square are about 3/4" thick and is about 8" square.
There is a lot of things on the very damaged hood, one is a Maple Leaf.
Ken

[Jacques Rioux]

I did do the access to information request for my Iltis and did receive a reply. But apart from dates and where my Iltis was assigned, mainly 55 Med out of Quebec City. There are no real information to any repairs or work done to it. I am curious is there a way to get more details on any repair work that was done to it? It seems that it was repaired, especially in the rear quarter. It could have been done post release but I suspect it was done before release because of the quality of the work.
If it helps here is my CFR
B102-03-86-88113
Any help would be appreciated
Thx

[Robin Ross]

Hello All, I have recently purchased an Ex Canadian Ferret to restore. I was wondering if anyone on the thread can provide any more detail on the history. I have reached out to Colon Stevens and he does not have much on the vehicle. The Hull Number is 329.B.3.4 Based on Colon's information it looks like the CFR was 54-82565. According to Colin's records, the vehicle was disposed of from Valcartier and the Crown Asset Disposal number/order appears to have been CADCI 50798 dated April 81. Based on this information, I believe the vehicle may have been deployed with 12 RBC, or one of the associated militia units in the region. I would appreciate any additional information or possible sources I could tap to find out more about the vehicle. Thanks, Robin

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Robin Ross

Hello All, I have recently purchased an Ex Canadian Ferret to restore. I was wondering if anyone on the thread can provide any more detail on the history. I have reached out to Colon Stevens and he does not have much on the vehicle. The Hull Number is 329.B.3.4 Based on Colon's information it looks like the CFR was 54-82565. According to Colin's records, the vehicle was disposed of from Valcartier and the Crown Asset Disposal number/order appears to have been CADCI 50798 dated April 81. Based on this information, I believe the vehicle may have been deployed with 12 RBC, or one of the associated militia units in the region. I would appreciate any additional information or possible sources I could tap to find out more about the vehicle. Thanks, Robin

Anecdotally, I can tell you the Reserves in Quebec were not issued Ferrets. My unit, the Sherbrooke Hussars, had no armour between the retirement of the Shermans in the early 1960s until the Cougars in early 1980s. The 12eRBC had Lynxes and Ferrets - and didn't share except on course in Valcartier. The Reserves were expected to use Jeeps. There is a 12eRBC Facebook page, and someone there might recognize their old callsign by the CFR.