C15: Truck, 15-cwt, 4x2, AA, Mk II

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
Z 5194641 to 5195730 SM 2485
[1942] TRUCK 15 CWT. 4 X 2 AA (20 M.M.)

THESE ORIGINALLY HAD A VAN-6 BODY AND WAS ONE OF 2,000 C.15 AND F.15 TRUCKS CONVERTED BY DENNIS MOTORS LIMITED, GUILDFORD, SURREY TO 20-M.M. A.A. GUN PLATFORM WITH VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED MANUFACTURED GUN CARRIAGE-CUM-MOUNT.

This is the second known SM 2485 chassis, although my database may include a few more.

David, here's another Truck, 15-cwt, 4x2, AA, Mk II survivor. This F15 was featured in various issues of Wheels & Tracks.

I still remember being fascinated when I read the ad back in 1988, and I've always wondered ever since where this F15 ended up!

W&T 23, Wee-Tees For Sale:
"Very Rare 1943 Ford F15 20-mm AA platform truck (FVD page 227). Genuine 10.930 miles. 95% complete (alas no gun!). Easy restoration. ₤550 or exchange good quality Jeep parts, especially capstan winch. Tel. (daytime only) 01-253 0791 - Robin or 0732 70278 - Claudine.

W&T 25, p.4:
Another interesting CMP F15, now a 1943 C291WQ (s/n 110574) with AA platform body, was recovered from a garden in Surrey last year (and the subject of a Wee-Tee in issue 23). It still has the original British WD numbers [Z5196119] and was modified only in being fitted with flasher and plywood sides and tailboard. Paul Sutton of Kent submitted some photos and full details of the ID plates. Built January 18, 1943, it was shipped under Contract SM2485 as an F15412-M-VAN-6, the conversion to AA being done in Britain.

Top picture: W&T issue 25; bottom picture: W&T issue 28, "reg. ELP200J, taken at an event in Booker in 1978".

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