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Old 04-08-04, 22:03
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Default Re: Re: 1938 MCC PU

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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
He said this PU was probably mix 'n matched from piles of chassis, cabs and bodies during its Class I rebuild as the WD census number painted on the door did not match the chassis number.

That C4 in RN livery suggests the Royal Navy had a number of Morris-Commercial trucks in service and had them repainted.
Hanno,
When these vehicles went through Class I rebuilds, they often took on new WD numbers from a group allocated specificly for rebuilds. I restored a Bedford MW where this was the case.

I helped a friend restore a C4 air compressor truck in the late 70's and on the door we found RN serial numbers and the unit designation "4MLRU" , which baffled everyone including the Navy at the time. The contract number on the truck applied to a batch for the Army, so it could have been transfered. It would have left the factory in the basic colour of the time, in this case behind the cab it was Dark Earth.

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