Elliott's Yard, Ontario in 1993

[david moore]

I thought you might like to see the results of my visit to the Elliott brothers' yard near Newcastle, Ontario in May of 1993 - it may have been 1994. I was looking for a jeep to restore. They were reluctant to let a youngish newbie in at all but they did relent - although they never mentioned, nor did I know of, their fabulous private collection in the barns! I never found a jeep - only a mangled frame in the long undergrowth. I knew little of CMP's then - and I knew that a carrier was beyond my skills.
The brothers wanted $1250 for any of the cab11/12's and $2500 for either of the M37's. All a bit steep for the time - but they gave the distinct impression that they didn't really want to sell anything.
Anyone know what happened to any or all of these vehicles? Is that one of yours, Alex?

[david moore]

A couple more to add

[Paul Singleton]

I also visited the yard about the same time as you. There was lots of talking but I also got the impression that they weren’t really interested in selling anything. I was looking for Ford Prefect parts at the time. Most of the CMPs were bought by Dirk Leegwater and shipped to Holland. There were multiple posts on this forum about the trucks over the years.

[Grant Bowker]

The last time I was in their yard was about 1988. At that time I knew I didn't have any spare cash for a restoration project so just asked to be allowed a "look-see" and they were accommodating. Perhaps my honesty of saying up front that I wasn't a buyer, just a looker, prompted sympathy. I don't recall whether I had a camera with me that day. If so, it would have been black and white - my budget didn't stretch to colour then. One advantage to digital photography....

[David Dunlop]

The last photo in Post 1, with the car tucked in beside the CMP, reminds me of a couple of similar sites here in Manitoba years ago. When I visited them, I was always fixated on the CMP’s and never gave the cars a second glance. I knew many of these cars were 40’s vintage. End of story. I often wonder now, how many of them might actually have been ex military.


David

[Tony Smith]

Imagine that! Having a choice between 11 or 12 Cab Fords and Chevs!

[Alex van de Wetering]

David,

Thanks for sharing these pictures. You sent me two of them a few years ago.....one of them showing my C8... it's the one with the tree growing through it and the 20inch wheel leaning on the fender.

The lettering on the door was still much clearer at that time...."Floyd Break, Pefferlaw RR2"
Even though it's not wartime history, I still enjoy to find these scraps of my truck's history.


Alex