C15TA Register

[Jordan Baker]

I believe the Otter is now in the USA painted up in Polish markings at a private museum collection.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

I believe the Otter is now in the USA painted up in Polish markings at a private museum collection.

Thanks for the lead Jordan, I checked their FB page and that’s indeed where the Otter went in 2019.

The Wheels of Liberation don’t have a C15TA so that one went elsewhere.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

C15TA Z6192983 at the Bastogne Barracks museum in Belgium.

This is Hull s/n 720, Chassis s/n 3844911724, Engine s/n 270 427.948, Census no. Z6192983, Order no. S/M 2611, Date of Mfg 21 April 1944 (source)


Photo source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/nuU...ibextid=WC7FNe


During the "Liberation Route 75 Years" event at Leopoldsburg, Belgium in September 2019:

Source: https://flic.kr/p/2heuMNp

[Hanno Spoelstra]

In 2007 I wrote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

… Marchant's C15TA, I read it sold for £2,550 at his retirement sale back in 1999. I'd love to see a better pic of it and get an answer to the question: where it is now?

Today Bert & Daniel Lindeboom sent me some pictures of the ex-John Marchant C15TA, now owned by Lea Whitehurst, on display at the Yorkshire Wartime Experience event.

[Tim Bell]

Not looking great - what happened to it?

[David Dunlop]

What a sad shame!

According to Peter Fords INFOEX, the data for John Marchants C15TA was:

Built: 16 March 1945
Serial #: 484491924
Engine #: 270604678
Contract: SM2611
Hull Number: 3463
Reg #: Z6263689


David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

Not looking great - what happened to it?

Not sure, damage looks more than the influence of the weather doesn’t it? It is in running condition, though.

Jordan Voce commented: "it's been outside under a tarp for the last 20 years, it drove a 120 mile round trip to get to the show and ran better than half the vehicles there, sounded and drove amazingly".

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

What a sad shame!

According to Peter Fords INFOEX, the data for John Marchants C15TA was:

Built: 16 March 1945
Serial #: 484491924
Engine #: 270604678
Contract: SM2611
Hull Number: 3463
Reg #: Z6263689

Thanks for that info, David.

I hope it gets fully restored. At least it is driving now and back on the show circuit.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

C15TA CZ4287885, a.k.a. GSU 623 was restored by Geoff Maskell in the UK, sold to Mr de Vrij in the Netherlands in 2001, who sold it to a collector in Luxemburg, who offered it (together with an Otter) for sale in 2016.

A Dutch collector bought both of them. The photo below shows both vehicles at an event in 2018, I think this was the only time he took them out.

Meanwhile this C15TA and the Otter were sold on, where are they now?

A friend of mine spotted CZ4287885/ GSU 623 for sale at a Dutch dealer back in the spring of 2021. Where is it now?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Photo via Sten Boye Poulsen.

This picture was taken at a Danish Army range in 2009. As far as Sten knows it was scrapped

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ian Johns

Andre's truck is finished, amazing job if I might add. I spoke to him just before Christmas and as far as I know he will be down next month. I'll be speaking with him soon so if that changes I will post it.

After passing away, Andre Gibault donated his C15TA to the CWM - see this video of it standing next to the ex-Marchant C15TAA Z5822762

https://youtu.be/e6XF3QTNp04?si=ymy7YhOBgsHXCHyM

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Where is it now? Stephen Latheron (RIP) wrote on Maple Leaf Up Forum in 2009:

Originally Posted by S LATHERON (RIP)

Just sorting through some old picture folders and I came upon 3 photos taken by my brother Nick in the mid 80's.
Showing a Derelict C15TA in Alston in Cumbria. Estimate date to be about 1985?
The pics show bits of what looks like gearbox laid in rear floor.
The vehicle was rescued for restoration I believe and rumoured to have found its way initially to a collector on the south coast of UK.
Be interested to hear who owns it now.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

A friend of mine spotted CZ4287885/ GSU 623 for sale at a Dutch dealer back in the spring of 2021. Where is it now?

On my FB feed I saw a message that this C15TA is now owned by Klaas Zwarts in the Netherlands. It will be participating in the Drenthe Liberty Tour 4-13 April 2025.



Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16LVmdFA4Q/

[Nech]

James, I still have mine - your ex. But it's built on the wrong welded frame. Just by happy coincidence I managed to get the original CGT chassis this year, so she can finally be a nicely restored machine again. Finding the right frame within a reasonable distance took me nearly 6 years. But I did it.