Border raid .... Morris

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Nice Mike,
Do you think the low loader was a bit of overkill.....
Rich.

he he ..the guy usually carries bulldozers around with the big Kenworth .

The cast brass plate on the dash says 1941 like most of them do here. The steering whel is mostly rotted away ...a common thing .

The chassis is good on this one ........... phew As these are prone to rusting badly on these little trucks.

Tony , it aint a CMP but the CMP prototypes were based on these pre-war 1930's pommy trucks ... e.g., wheel size and the wheelbase is 98" .

With only around 21,000 CS8's made there are not that many left these days . And, considering that production stopped sometime around 1941 and they went through the early WW2 campaigns where many were lost in battle or abandoned to enemy forces.

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

he he ..the guy usually carries bulldozers around with the big Kenworth .
Tony , it aint a CMP but the CMP prototypes were based on these pre-war 1930's pommy trucks ... e.g., wheel size and the wheelbase is 98" .

With only around 21,000 CS8's made there are not that many left these days . And, considering that production stopped sometime around 1941 and they went through the early WW2 campaigns where many were lost in battle or abandoned to enemy forces.

Hi Mike

Thanks for the update. I am new at this game having only been a MLU member for just over 12 months. I am grateful for any information that will keep my interest going. I am sure as I learn more about other military vehicles I will regularly put my foot in my mouth again.

Cheers

Tony

[aj.lec]

Congrats Mike
Looks good
Is this the Queensland one ?

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by aj.lec

Congrats Mike
Looks good
Is this the Queensland one ?

YEP Andrew ..a few more pics

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Great booty Mike!

So the M-C tally now stands at what number? Seems you have enough bits for a complete one?

H.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Great booty Mike!

So the M-C tally now stands at what number? Seems you have enough bits for a complete one?

H.

Hanno, when are you going to see the light and buy a MCC product for yourself ? They seem to turn up for sale fairly often on MILWEB . And, usually in much better condition than you would find over here . There is also a certain Texan who is into MCC stuff ... We haven't heard from him for a while ? Mike

PS as we were unloading the Morris , the ex Wermacht veteran from down the road drove past in his Tojo ute .. a strange thing . A coming together of history , in an odd way .

[Philliphastings]

Congratulations Mike - looks like an excellent project !