My CMP restoration

[Jon Bradshaw]

Here are the markings that were on my water tank before they were blasted off today. As I went down through the layers more became visible. Some were over painted by others.
Pic 1- I had thought was a 46 was actually a 47. Red background with numbers and gold and blue over painted could not tell which layer was on top or if they were supposed to be together.
Pic 2 and 3- the central command badge from the late 40/early 50's was over a red rectangle which was over a cream colored/ red circle that was too far gone to recognize.
Pic 4 was of the square? with a smaller red square on the bottom right of it.
Pic 5 is the entire view to give reference.
The olive green was the top layer covering everything,
Then a darker green layer over everything,
Then the markings layer with as I said some on top of older ones.
Last layer was a dark green with no primer under that.

[rob love]

It would appear to have had a little bit of time in the artillery. There should have been a letter and a number over the blue box with the red square in the bottom corner, which denotes the second battery.

[Wayne Hingley]

Hi Jon. I saw this instruction plate in a second hand store. Is it appropriate for your setup? If you want it let me know, and I’ll get it for you. Price can be seen in the photo.

[Owen Evans]

If for any reason Jon doesn't want that instruction plate, Owen in the UK would be interested.

Jon: really nice work on those filter tops. Those can't have been cheap!

Owen.

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by Owen Evans

If for any reason Jon doesn't want that instruction plate, Owen in the UK would be interested.

OK Owen... noted.

Wayne

[Jon Bradshaw]

The plate you have displayed there must be early war. I have the plate for my truck and it is aluminum. It is in very good shape so I don't think I need this one. It still needs to be cleaned and riveted back into place so it can be seen clearly but here is mine. Curiously the plates are slightly different in what they say. (Probably because mine is a Ford)
I would say buy it and the ship it to Owen, if he needs one, this is not a common piece to find in a random shop....
Since you asked the filter tops cost me $800 for the pair. They are setup to pump water if someone ever actually wanted to use them for the pumps. My thought was it might be cool to use them if down the road I found a power pump to go with the truck.

[Owen Evans]

Originally Posted by Jon Bradshaw

The plate you have displayed there must be early war. I have the plate for my truck and it is aluminum. It is in very good shape so I don't think I need this one. It still needs to be cleaned and riveted back into place so it can be seen clearly but here is mine. Curiously the plates are slightly different in what they say.

Good point about the plate possibly being early war. A friend has a late war british Bedford MW water tank truck; his plates are marked Bedford MWC on one side, and Morris Commercial on the reverse!

Wayne: sent you a PM reference that instruction plate you found...
Owen.