YOUR DODGE D-15 pictures - wanted!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I have seen short footage on youtube or similar of a D15 without roof and doors and kitted out like it was to cross the desert.

I think this is the one I saw in a short clip:

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Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richar...7627751210502/

[Pete Ashby]

Here's a D15 Tanker of the 8th Indian Div "somewhere in Italy", note the use of tire chains on the tanker.

Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is on the truck I would hazard a guess at G3 ?? it seem a bit too dense in the photo for Light Stone
Pete

Photo credit IWM

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is on the truck I would hazard a guess at G3 ?? it seem a bit too dense in the photo for Light Stone
Pete

Photo credit IWM

Could very well be Pete
Interesting painted placards on the back: «35» ecircled by dotted line??

[Pete Ashby]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Could very well be Pete
Interesting painted placards on the back: «35» ecircled by dotted line??

The 35 and the circle will be in red, it's a maximum road speed marking Erwin, common on early production British trucks and some but not all CMP's it tended not to bee seen on later British and Canadian trucks.
Pete

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

The 35 and the circle will be in red, it's a maximum road speed marking Erwin, ...
Pete

Oh thank you Pete!

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Here's a D15 Tanker of the 8th Indian Div "somewhere in Italy", ...

...Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is... .
Pete

Photo credit IWM

could this be it, Pete?
Another model illustration of which I have no clue where it comes from...

[Pete Ashby]

Possibly Erwin it's hard to tell, what do you think the base color is there? is that what I've seen described as light mud ?

Pete

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Possibly Erwin it's hard to tell, what do you think the base color is there? is that what I've seen described as light mud ?

Pete

Pete, the picture you posted of the water bowser with snow chains on I think: YES.
The model picture I posted I think could rather be S.C.C.2 brown.
But as usual with colours on b/w pictures or drawings: guesses only;-)))

[Erwin]

Look what I´ve found on Pinterest (Source: https://pin.it/huobaqqbo7gxxu) :
an ***original picture of a "Desert D-15"***!!
So it´s no more speculation...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Very interesting on a side note: the cargo body appears to be a field modification to allow for more space. Someone realised that the rather generous waste of space for a tire holder and spares box could be better used for the cargo body directly neighbouring to the drivers cab;-))

And I do admire the drivers: I took my D-15 2 times to a historic drivers´ venue at Senica/Slovak Republic ("SLOVENSKY PIESKY/SLOVAK SAND"). There is a huge military area which was used during the war by the Deutsche Afrikakorps for training as to their unique natural deep sand deposit. I found it almost impossible to drive there further into the compound without 4WD.

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Thank you all for contributing here and PLEASE keep on posting PICTURES of this beautiful little lorry/truck!!!!

Aren´t there any from recent British shows like War and Peace?

PLEASE continue:-) and nice Sunday
Cheers Erwin

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Look what I´ve found ...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Cheers Erwin

No, that's one of the movie prop vehicles from Sea of Sand, the same vehicle pictured in Simon's second pic. I thought there was a thread on MLU many years ago about this film.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Look what I´ve found on Pinterest (Source: https://pin.it/huobaqqbo7gxxu) :
an ***original picture of a "Desert D-15"***!!
So it´s no more speculation...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Erwin, I am sorry to rain on your parade, and on that of Simon's friend, but the LRDG did not use D15's. The photos show film props, and anyone can see why the film producers used D15 as Chevrolet look-a likes. They make good stand-ins!

See http://lrdg.de/main.htm > Vehicles for a very comprehensive overview of the vehicles that were used by the LRDG.

HTH,
Hanno

[Larry Hayward]

The drawing above from Erwin in Post #30 comes from a catalogue of 1/35 kits I think from ESCI that was planning to produce such a kit, but did not, much to my disappointment - I guess this would have been late 1990s.

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Hi Larry,

Esci's Dodges were announced in their 1977 catalogue.
Here is another hope from the same catalogue.
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Cheers,
Patrice.

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I think this is the one I saw in a short clip:

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Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richar...7627751210502/

Her´s the drawing of the vehicle I mentioned. Always thought it´s a fantasy.
The pic of the original that Hanno put into this thread is from the former Army Museum. The latter closed years ago I believe and I think parts of it ended up in the Wheatcroft collection in Donington, Derby.
Can anybody confirm this?
If so, the LRDG D-15 could be there as well...

[Erwin]

...sorry here´s the picture...