Ferret on Parliament Hill during the October Crisis - pic ID

[Ed Storey]

Looks like 54-82543 to me.

[Robin Craig]

Looks like it to me also.

It is interesting to see the front and rear light tower for side and turn signals still in place in the original picture and the large black and white convoy marking applied in the enlarged picture

[David Cussins]

After looking at the photo a good bit...i see two points that tell me this is not 589.....first in the photo the ferret has the british tower style side lights....second the socket for the m. g. Mount is an original unmodified mount....i have photos of my 589 as it came out of canada and she had u.s. m series side lights and the m.g.socket was a modified mount from her service in cyprus....these things tell me the photo is not 589........539 maybe???

[David Cussins]

Also thank you Terry for the photo....i had my hopes up as i have no photos of 589 in service....she may be in some but seeing the numbers is imposible in most photos....maybe someday one will surface.....best to you...

[maple_leaf_eh]

Can't say we weren't excited for a few moments!

[David Cussins]

Oh yes i really thought and was hoping that was a photo of ferret 589.....but im sure it is not....i have collected all the photos i can of Canadian ferrets....there were only 124 of them....im sure 589 is in some of the photos but cannot be positively identified....she did service in Egypt and Cyprus...that i know for sure...i have copies of paperwork to show that...but a positive photo has not been found yet.....still looking...

[Ed Storey]

So I take it 82589 was in Cyprus prior to 1970?

[Darrell Zinck]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Looks like 54-82543 to me.

Hi

Got this (and one other) recently; Fredericton Flea Market finds.


35 BA98 = 54-82543

regards
Darrell

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Darrell Zinck

Hi

Got this (and one other) recently; Fredericton Flea Market finds.


35 BA98 = 54-82543

regards
Darrell

Plate says overhauls at 23 Base Workshop, this would be the REME workshop at Wetter, BAOR. So assume it was with the Canadian army inGermany?

[Ed Storey]

Yes, 82543 had been assigned to 4 Brigade before returning to Canada, most likely when the Lynx C&R was introduced in 1967. Attached is an image of 82543 taken in Germany. What is interesting is that the vehicle was disposed of out of Calgary in November 1982, yet the data plate has surfaced across the country in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

FV 701 Ferret Mk 82543 copy.jpg

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Richard

I wonder if it may be 23 BW for RCEME?

Hi Ed

Yes, I saw that Colin MacGregor Stevens' website lists it as FGH in 1963. That would put them in Soest.


https://captainstevens.com/military/...ll-124-by-car/


https://fortgarryhorse.ca/

I agree that it is odd if it was disposed of in Calgary but I have also seen some of those Ferret "final disposition" notes proved false before. I did check the Ferrets on display around here and none of them are 543.

regards
Darrell

[Robin Craig]

To my knowledge that is the only data plate that has provenance back to a Canadian Ferret for sure. So it opens the door on my allegation that light fingers removed them from the vehicles over time by trophy hunters. Amazing and thank you. Email sent Darrell