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Old 21-02-09, 16:12
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some more photos from my collection, i cant read the german on the back of the first photo. any one help?
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Old 21-02-09, 16:33
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Kieth, your first pic is a Chev 15 cwt but the box is unique. It's a lot like the 2A1 but it has square wheel well openings. The only pix I've seen of British made boxes use 3 1/2" boards for the sides and this one uses 5 1/2" by the look of it. It doesn't have fold down sides and the POW can holders are mounted on their side instead of laying flat. The top of the endgate is flat too.
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Old 21-02-09, 17:43
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some more photos from my collection, i cant read the german on the back of the first photo. any one help?
The first three show an Indian Pattern F15 15-cwt truck. These were delivered as chassis/cowls to India, where they were bodied locally.

The scribbling on the back is hard to read, all I could make out is Egypt and 1942.

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Old 21-02-09, 23:07
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Thanks for the info on the photo David and the german on the back Hanno
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Old 18-06-09, 23:16
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Humber Staff car in German use + Bedford or Austin truck. Photos from my Collection.
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Old 18-06-09, 23:22
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Old 18-06-09, 23:28
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Those early German CMP collectors had good taste didn't they.
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Old 18-06-09, 23:34
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German Army has gone up market with this one.
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Old 25-03-10, 19:09
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some more photos from my collection, i cant read the german on the back of the first photo. any one help?
It is actually not the language causing problems - but more the writing itself.

Second line: "In Aegypten - in Egypt"
Fourth line: "Sommer 42 - Summer '42"
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Old 26-03-10, 01:55
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Some more original photos of Austins from my book.
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Old 26-03-10, 02:08
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some more photos from my collection, i cant read the german on the back of the first photo. any one help?
The Inscription reads : "In der Katarrasenke in Ägypten gemacht. Im Sommer 42" meaning "Photo taken in the Qattara Depression in Egypt. In summer 1942".
IIRC, the unpassable region south of El Alamein preventing Rommel to bypass the British positions.
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Old 26-03-10, 07:00
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Very good.
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Old 15-10-10, 03:15
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I have no idea what make/model this truck is but there is no doubt who owned it when photographed.

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Old 15-10-10, 03:32
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I have no idea what make/model this truck is but there is no doubt who owned it when photographed.

Clive..
I'm not positive but could be a M-H..
See the Ford design front axle housing for the front wheel drive..
But not positive.
And the front wheels and dual rear wheels..
All typical of M-H..
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Old 15-10-10, 04:23
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Its a GMC ACK353 ex French Contract.
The reason for the Ford like front Diff is that they are Timken (split) diffs and they used Budd five stud wheels

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Old 15-10-10, 10:20
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I agree with Kevin.....An ACK353 during it's ownership by the third (?) party.....French, German, Canadian.

Interesting picture Clive. Do you know where and when it was taken?





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Old 14-02-11, 14:17
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I have just bought this ID plate.
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Truck 3 Ton 4 WHLD GS Body Mark ?.
Vauxhall Motors Ltd 1939.
Luton England.
Contract No V3731.
WD No WT.
This plate was dug up in the Stalingrad Area . I know it says Vauxhall but i think it is a Bedford 3 ton truck [ Vauxhall made Bedfords], so the truck may have come from the BEF in 1940 and must have been just a year old when left. The plate / truck must have been hit as the plate has a big dent in it. I have a few ID plates from trucks but they do not have the WD Number or the Wait of the Veh stamped in the plate? Original Photo from my collection.
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Old 14-02-11, 14:24
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one more photo of a bedford in German use. Original from my collection. The other photo [above] was of a twin wheel bedford so not the right one?.
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