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07-10-08, 10:03
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c8 british or canadian markings
Can any one tell me what these door markings mean ?
Cliff suspects they may be british or canadian As far as i can see it says P/4/BOM over a black diamond Mike suggested earlier quote- Quote:
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Have a good one  Andrew Custodian of the "Rare and Rusty" 
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07-10-08, 11:42
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Here is the Armour page from Stephen Talberts formation book. This shows the diamond but I am confused by the lettering as it is nothing I can find so far in Australian information I have which is why I beleive it may be British or Canadian.
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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07-10-08, 15:46
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The Z 4544.... number indicates that it was originally a C8 Personnel assembled in the UK under Demand S/M 2029, and then, as with others, shipped to the Mid-East and issued to the AIF.
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08-10-08, 04:09
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Yes, i still have the two ID plates from it with SM 2029 marked .And it was fitted with a Duple built body before being shipped out to the M.E. .. Seems that batch of thesem C8's were shipped home with AIF. Why did they choose C8's though and nil F8's. Same with the cab 12 3 tonners ex ME.. all Chevs ..no Fords. Mike
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08-10-08, 08:40
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S/M 2029 versus 2030
In addition to the ones mentioned we know that some C.8s were shipped directly to Alexandria and allocated Z 4548XXX numbers.
I just checked and there were F.8s supplied as a mixed bag under S/M 2030 to the UK, and assembled under Contract 294/V/4699 at Dagenham. These were then bodies by Mulliner and Stewart & Arden at least as Utility Cars. In addition a number were delivered as chassis-cabs and bodied as Wireless trucks, and delivered in England and to Egypt, the latter with sand tyres: see IWM photo KID 2088. There is no reason why F.8s could not have been supplied to the AIF, unless they were otherwise taken up by the NZEF or Indian Army?
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