Chevrolet 1542 MCP

[Mike Cecil]

The image of the build plate in Hanno's Post 4 (above) shows the weight - gross weight? - as 6125 kilograms, which seems unusual for a lorry destined for Britain or the British Commonwealth, which countries were all still using Imperial measure during the war.

Mike

[David Herbert]

Well spotted Mike, You get the prize for seeing what had not been noticed by anyone else in the subsequent 18 posts ! You are quite right, that is very odd given that the whole UK, Canadian, US war machine was fervently non metric.

David (Recovering from an excellent Christmas dinner)

[Mike Cecil]

French contract, perhaps? Or some other part of the world that could only count in multiples of 10 ....?

Mike

[David Dunlop]

Could that truck have been a European GM build, as opposed to North American?

There does not area to be any text on that plate, just alphanumerics.

David

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Could that truck have been a European GM build, as opposed to North American?

There does not area to be any text on that plate, just alphanumerics.

David

If it was French or European , why is it is RHD. Has the truck been converted to RHD later on ? Any clues inside the cab , look at the floor pedal area. The 'R' in the engine nr. prefix indicates a RHD build I think. We need David Hayward

[Paul Singleton]

The auction truck may have been fabricated by the museum for display purposes as a representation of a Canadian or British military vehicle. I read somewhere that some of the vehicles up for sale in this auction were misrepresented by the museum, and were not necessarily actual military vehicles.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

In a parallel thread on FB Dave posted a picture of the data plate on his truck.

It could well be the plate was fitted when it was rebuilt in France. Or more likely: when it was first assembled at an overseas GM facility from CKD kits.

David Hayward would have been able to explain it to us...

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