CMP prototype photos wanted please

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Does anyone know if the 1939-40 Ford 15-cwt GS trucks are similar or not in front end design to the # 11 Cab F15? Apart from the lhd versus rhd of course! And also engine covers that opened from the central hinge compared to the # 11 Cab Alligator style engine covers!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Is this some type of prototype built for the military?

This photo is part of a file held by the LAC related to the "RCAF - Ottawa Air Station, Rockcliffe, Ontario." Other than that this "Super Car Equipment on 1935 Ford 2 ton truck 157 1/2 inch wheel base" was photographed on 8 Aug. 1935, there is no further information.

Looking at the signs on this "monster truck", it was supplied by the Truck & Tractor Equipment Co. Ltd. of Toronto. It may have no connection whatsoever to the military, I must add.

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Source: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Collec...Number=3580918

[Harry Moon]

looks like the first crew cab, which made me think as to wether or not troops ever refered to FAT and CGT as crew cabs?

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Is this some type of prototype built for the military?

It's hard to tell from the angle of the pic, but the front hubs look to be Marmon-Herrington, which would explain the "Go Anywhere" slogan.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Both good points Harry and Tony.

To me that monster truck has the same air / look & feel around it all those 1930s experimental trucks had.

Compare with the Innis Cunningham Half-Track vehicle of Feb. 1936:
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Source: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Collec...Number=3580952