My Truck

[Rod Salter]

I have my Father's truck. WW2 desert guards

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Firewall Stencil M 291 or upside down W 291

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VIN Number 14 - 15 S 291

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Engine Number

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136 inch wheel base

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I have searched MLU, Stovebolt and many links,
I am unable to identify this truck,
Please could some one help?

All suggestions will be gratefully received

Cheers rod

[Rod Salter]

On the front are civvies

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On the rear are blitz

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And it used to go fast

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Cheers rod

[Mike Cecil]

1941 Chevrolet Series 15.

The chassis number should be 'findable' in AWM126:

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM126/

Good luck. There are only 120,000 vehicles listed, but yours should be in the earlier AMF registers (probably a five digit registration).

Mike

[Mike Kelly]

If is is a 30 cwt chassis the original tyre size would be 900-18 . The firewall stencil looks like 41 = 1941 not M or W .

Good luck finding 18" tyres . Back in 1998 I was offered one of these trucks for next to nothing , located on a farm near Kilmore.

[jack neville]

11.00 x18” tyres are available now from Coker Tyres in the States.
I have 5 en route by sea now for my Ford/ Marmon Herrington.
They are not cheap but I found bringing them in myself was cheaper than buying them through Antique Tyres in Melbourne.

[Mike Cecil]

Rod,

Your truck was originally configured as a 'Lorry, 30cwt, GS' (tray body with fixed sides and front, with tailgate). Registration number C-23442. It still has the original engine.

Taken on charge in 2nd Military District (ie NSW) which figures as it was built in GMH's Sydney plant (the 'S' in the chassis number).

Disposal to GMH.

Regards

Mike

[Ken Smith]

Good day Rod,
Welcome to the forum, you have a lovely truck.
I researched my Australian cabbed Chevrolet truck earlier this year using the AWM registration books to find out a tiny bit of history. It took a lot of hours to find the chassis number but I was able to find that my truck had been to the Middle East on the ship Tricolor spelt Tricolour in the AWM books.
The other thing I found was the trucks with the small wheel stud, 18 inch rims like yours are 30 cwt (1-1/2 ton) and the trucks with the bigger stud, 5 stud 18 inch rims are 3 tonners.
The rims are not blitz they are uniquely Australian Chevrolet and are stamped GMH.
My truck was fortunate enough to survive the Middle East return to Australia and was sold to GMH after the war.
As more of these Chev cabs are being turned into rat rods or garden art a good complete truck is becoming a rarity.
Ken