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Enlighten me on your thinking, if you please. Can't see Colin's Dodge CMP picture right now, IIRC this prototype sported a Ford Cab 13.

This is one of my web pages which was moved to http://www.geocities.ws/cmpvehicles/dodge_t212.html It features the 8-cwt Dodge, not the 15-cwt.

Don't think they are, you can see the canvas canopy on the ones in Matt's pictures is higher. Also one can see the headboard of the GS body. Thanks for sharing the pics Matt. H.

That Ford CMP is truely tickled pink :-D

There's a 1958 Munga offered for sale in Germany: http://link.marktplaats.nl/469279546 Reportedly, "this is one of the few which did not serve in the German Army". To me it looks like an ex-Army one, complete with jerry can, painted orange?

The Netherlands were to be supplied with Patton tanks under the MDAP, along with the Armies of Belgium, Denmark and others. Due to the Korean war, the US needed to divert their supply of Patton tanks, so they bought Centurion tanks in the UK and supplied them to the Netherlands and Denmark. Being US property, the Cents were handed back after they were struck off charge. So contrary to popular belief, the Netherlands did not sell Cents to Austria and Israel, the US did and supplied them from MDAP stocks in the Netherlands. HTH, Hanno

Howard, You're not mucking about.... nice combo you have there. Your trailer's master brake is a standard Ford truck unit as used since the late 1930's. I know it as it's the same as on my Canadian Ford CMP. For the current part numbers see the Maple Leaf Up Forum. The piston, spring and cups are the same as used on the WW2 Dodge WC series and can thus be found "on every street corner". HTH, Hanno

Gary, The dash with round gauges was introduced ca. 1944 to enable the use of off the shelf gauges from US manufacturers. Any supplier of Dodge-GMC-Jeep parts should be able to help you out. Getting in touch with LWD parts is best done via phone. HTH, Hanno

I heard tanks with steel tracks were no longer allowed to drive on the central square. True, judging by the numbers of tanks riding piggy back on Rogers trailers?

Correct , when the Netherlands Army struck off charge their Centurions, they were handed back to the US DoD, who had supplied them under MDAP. The turrets were sent to Austria, the hulls to Israël to serve as a source of spares.

Great pictures, I see there is a healthy contingent of Dutch vehicles present :thumbsup:

Howard, Excellent work, really enjoy looking at it. And I would vote for the closed cab! Regards, Hanno

Me neither, I like them where they are (especially with such good footage available), but I do want to encourage Rick cs to go after them . . . .

Ken, Nice seats indeed. Was discussing the differences the other day when I dropped off this LVT4 seat at a Sherman restorer. I contributed it to be used on one of his Sherman restorations. Regards, Hanno

Israeli M50 Sherman on low loader north of Rotterdam, Holland:

Fantastic footage! Do I count seven Shermans? There's enough for everyone

I agree, it's considerably shorter than original . . .

There isn't. In the early days when CMV and MMI stepped into the void left by Wheels & Tracks magazine, both CMV and MMI were available in large bookstore chains in the Netherlands. But back then the Pound-Guilder ratio was very high, so the magazines were very expensive. Apparently they did not sell well enough (I must admit I did not buy every issue as none of the two were a suitable replacement for W&T) so they have left the shelves of the big bookstore chains. Their space was taken by other magazines, apparently the Dutch magazine market is one of the largest in number of titles published. You name the subject, and there are at least two titles available. Even every other celeb has his/her own magazine :nut:

Sssht! Do not give away our secret language! :-D PS: this is what 4 year old boy of a friend of mine told her when she confronted him with the fact that he had yet again forgotten something

Everything is possible, and many collectors have investigated several possible solutions. What I know is that the cost of properly removing the rubber plus vulcanizing new rubber on the old steel track block skeleton most likely turns out to be as least at costly as having new track blocks made. The benefit of the latter is that the steel parts are not worn, thus resulting in really new tracks, rather than having worn rerubbered tracks. The US double rubber bushed pin track is quite complicated, what most people forget is that the pins are bonded in rubber bushings inside the tubes of the track block, this apparently is difficult to remanufacture. See my Sherman track page for more info: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/track.htm HTH, Hanno PS: Adrians, I enjoy reading about the M10 restoration - keep up the good work!

Aha, inquiring minds want to know, eh? :whistle:

I need to mention HMVF's very own Joris helped out in the whole transition of MLU. Thanks Joris! Regards, Hanno PS: Joris, ik was het niet vergeten, maar ik had er gewoon even niet aan gedacht. . . :-D

Gordon, Excellent stuff! I saw a movie the other day, called "Dresden", and it showed some wartime clips of the airplanes taking off. One of the clips showed a Dodge crewbus with crew disembarking. Hanno PS: There is something wrong with your link, this one should work: http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/dodge_rebuild/part39-raceretro.htm without redirecting you via https://outlook.hostedservice2.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/dodge_rebuild/part39-raceretro.htm

Chevrolet CMP C8 8-cwt 4x2 chassis/cab, post-war many were used to be rebuilt into the type of vehicle you see, mostly for essential services like fire brigade, etc.

Yes, he must remark on that bold statement, doesn't he?