Sold: Chev 15CWT in Australia

[Bob Carriere]

Questions for the experts.

Was this truck shipped fully assembled from Canada or Holden assembled?

ID tag looks slightly different......did Holden assembled trucks have a different ID tag or did they use tags from OShawa/Regina........

Numbers are also printed from the front instead of rear embossing......

Strange to see WO 8 on the tag....... unless ?????????

Just trying to learn.

Cheers

[Keith Webb]

Shipped as chassis components, cab completely built by GM-H as was the rear body. WO = War Office and 8 is the designation for a C15A with a locally designed and built GS body. The cab was fitted with an AALMG mount which bolted to the left side of the cab which you can see in the photo. The M in the chassis serial denotes Melbourne factory.

What a great looking vehicle!

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Questions for the experts.

Was this truck shipped fully assembled from Canada or Holden assembled?

ID tag looks slightly different......did Holden assembled trucks have a different ID tag or did they use tags from OShawa/Regina........

Numbers are also printed from the front instead of rear embossing......

Strange to see WO 8 on the tag....... unless ?????????

Just trying to learn.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

Now I know a little bit more....... need to work on remembering it.

Bob C

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Shipped as chassis components, cab completely built by GM-H as was the rear body. WO = War Office and 8 is the designation for a C15A with a locally designed and built GS body. The cab was fitted with an AALMG mount which bolted to the left side of the cab which you can see in the photo. The M in the chassis serial denotes Melbourne factory.

Classic example of a CKD (Completely Knocked Down) truck:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

CKD: Completely Knocked Down. CKD should not be confused with trucks being encased, after first being 'knocked down' as much as considered practical. CKD was restricted to destinations where the manufacturers had proper assembly plants. CKD entailed the supply of parts which could not - or not economically - be produced locally, supplemented by parts which could. Besides packing methods for trucks that had to be reassembled on arrival, the CKD-pack method was also used but this entailed parts and components which had not been assembled before and then dismantled for shipment. They comprised the necessary numbers of subassemblies and parts for a given quantity of chassis which would be assembled in much the same way as it was done in the Canadian factory.