Known British Ford S/M Contracts

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The Dutch were supplied vehicles through the British, as far as I know the Czech were as well, even the Canadian Army to a certain extent (especially US-built vehicles).

The Czech, Dutch, Polish, forces were supplied by the British as well as it seems in the case of the first and third, by overseas donations which enabled them to purchase 'commercially' as well: e.g. the ambulances which were paid for in New York City and then donated but delivered by GM Overseas Operations through GM Ltd, Southampton. Something similar must have been the case with Canadian/US Fords, and Dodge? However what I meant to state is that these forces in the UK were allocated their own WD-style Census Number system as were the Canadian forces, and any acquired by the British Ministry of Supply and then 'sold' or 'transferred' to them would have had either 'S/M'. 'T/M' (armoured?) or domestic series Contracts {E.g. S.xxxx, T.xxxx) with records cards.

Whilst I know of Canadian orders which would have had 'CDLV' Contract prefixes being 'sold' to thew British, no Canadian vehicles in the UK would have been supplied by the M of S excepting those British-built that were sold to the Canadian Government through London for cash (for food).

Interesting point about the Dingo, Hanno, and well worth exploring further as Australian deliveries paid for by the British Ministry of Supply and then accounts settled subsequently did use 'S/M' contracts! Compare this with Australian contracts placed direct, which used the Australian system.

Knowing nothing about the Australian Dingo, I have been doing some online research. Hanno, I see that you have referred to the Ford/M-H Dingop before.

http://www.oldcmp.net/Dingo_1.html
http://www.geocities.com/vmvc1au/dingo.html

Note the example chassis number is a 1941 Engine but of course rhd! But note trhe Dingo had a 110"-inch wheelbase, and were built late 1941:

http://www.jedsite.info/4x4afv/delta...au-series.html


There appears to have been 245 units which may well have been the subject of a S/M Ministry of Supply contract for the bare chassis. Am I right in suggesting that Victorian Railway built the bodies?

http://www.awm.gov.au/corporate/files/2000_jan_jun.htm [00/2049]

refers to an AWM file that may contain information on the ordering of the Dingo and thus refer to the British (or Australian!) contract for the chassis from Ford of Canada. If the Contract was NOT S/M 2606 then it was possibly an earlier one, unknown to me at this juncture.