M100 cfr

[David Dunlop]

Hi Al.

Your trailer was likely made here in Winnipeg by Motor Coach Industries. They also made CMP MACH 3-ton bodies during WW2 and operated out of a large complex in St. James in NW Winnipeg.

I had a friend who was a mechanic with MCI in the mid-1980's. His job at the time was to take newly delivered transit buses from the MCI plant down east and take the air conditioning systems out of them before Winnipeg Transit took delivery. Transit did not like the idea of keeping their passengers comfortable way back then! Now of course, the passengers are a lot older and a way lot crankier, so we finally have new A/C equipped busses. But I digress.

While he was working on that project, MCI held a huge store of M100CDN spare parts in their warehouse. The military no longer needed them and had stopped placing orders for spares. Eventually, MCI was able to get rid of the parts and a group of us tried tracing their whereabouts. We always seemed to be about one half day behind and when we finally found the scrap yard they had gone to, the last of the parts had gone to the shredders the day before. It was frustrating that even with good, inside information, we could not move fast enough!

Enjoy your trailer, it is a nice piece of equipment!


David