Morris C8 "Water tank???", genuine WW2 body or post-war?

Alex van de Wetering · #1 28-11-11, 11:34

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Personally I think it is a pity they left it in it's non-original configuration, museum visitors are now lead to believe these type of trucks were driving around in WW2.

Couldn't agree more. It would have been easy enough to build a GS body for it, but I understand that the museum staff at the time bought this truck in particular because of it's water tank....and probably didn't realise the body is post-war. The truck now has "FUEL" painted in yellow on the side of the tank

Alex

Hanno Spoelstra · #2 28-11-11, 13:23

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Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

but I understand that the museum staff at the time bought this truck in particular because of it's water tank....and probably didn't realise the body is post-war. The truck now has "FUEL" painted in yellow on the side of the tank

They can loan my copy of Vanderveen's Historic Military Vehicles Directory anytime. Help is just a forum message, e-mail or phone call away . . .

Hanno Spoelstra · #3 16-10-19, 18:49

And it is back up for sale as "very rare and very collectable":

https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4355/97343

Alex van de Wetering · #4 17-10-19, 00:01

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And it is back up for sale as "very rare and very collectable":

Well a PU 8/4 is very rare......and some of the advert is about a PU 8/4

.....text probably borrowed from somewhere else and is not related to the C8.

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The 4x4 PU 8/4, as displayed, entered production in 1940. Even though the PU 8/4 shared the engine and most other components with the CS8/C4, the load capacity was reduced to 8-cwt to improve performance.