Canadian Chevrolet Maple Leaf 4x4 artillery tractors?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Stellan,
http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...highlight=Opel

I have just been looking at official photos and saw that GM of Canada offered both the Chevrolet 1543 CC60L with twin rear wheels + 2-speed axle to the DND as well as the GMC 9543 equivalent, as Chassis with Windscreen albeit that the GMC photo is of the 1940 Model with variant of the Chev grille. Except that the GMC used the 30.2hp Pontiac 224 engine based on the Chev unit. The cowls have 'GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK' on the sides. The 4 x 4 versions would have the same engine, but the Chevrolet or Maple Leaf 4 x 4 chassis would have used the Chevrolet 216 unit. The non-standard nature of the 224 unit would have been a downside in the offering of an export truck..thus I think that although the tractors were GMC-based, they were 'Maple Leaf' badged as they had the ubiquitous 216 Chev engine which the KNIL would have been familiar with. I therefore retract my previous suggestions over badging although this may have been a consideration in the minds of the GM of Canada management.