Canuck

Sorry for disappearing, all, the new puppy just ate the phone cable whilst I was online. Lucky it wasn't a power cable. So, to recap, I already have 1 older twin brother, not related, which causes great amusement when he gets annoyed about it. Yes, I shall be at Buckfastleigh, it spawned me, in a weird kind of way. I shall be recognisable as the large person in Canadian clobber. Canadian heritage goes as far as my great great uncle going to Newfoundland before it was part of Canada, depositing a copius amount of Dartmoor ponies in the region and digging the local fishing trade out of the gutter. In fact, the Newfies were quite appreciative of their Dartmoorish import, there are statues, busts, buildings, trusts all in his honour. My family gets everywhere. :cry: I almost got serious there for a minute (shudders), can't let that sort of thing happen round here.

Hi all, my names Nick, and a mere yoof at 24 - may be a bit young but when my 25th comes around, I will have been doing this for 10 years. I'm based in sunny Devon, which seems to have gone and been replaced by flippin' raining Devon. My ever changing collection consists of a 1939 Bedford MWD, with standard cab fitted by REME, a 1943 Bedford QLD, a combination of radio chassis and RAF field kitchen body, seamlessly done (she's up for grabs if anyone is interested), and my prized possession, a 1942 Chevrolet C8A HUW, seen in a recent MMI magazine. The MW came first, but Canadian stuff is my main "bag", baby (names a giveaway, really). I get the feeling the day I get a real life, my collection will dwindle slightly, but until then I intend to own every WW2 vehicle I like at some point in the future. I've got a list of 50, from bikes to apcs. Told you I'm mental. "You see this narrow stretch of road? This is the wide part" Lt. Col. Vandeleur

Hi Colin, a standard 8cwt would have a table on one side, not full length, for the radio to sit on. That, and the 2 seats,and the rest of the equipment. At this precise moment I'm not sure where the chore horse battery goes. Then in the cab theres the two-pin plug, the pto, earthing wires, all good fun. Initially it would be an 11 set radio, but that would be replaced by the 19 set shortly after. I dare say they were used in the Normandy campaign, as there was no such thing as a rule book for anything, despite what people say, but originally, for a truck used in, say Africa or Italy, an 8cwt would still be used. Bearing in mind that the C8A HUW appeared in 1942, only to be superceded by the 15cwt wireless truck, standard body, then the solid body soon after. For a war on, with short supplies, odd choices were made. If you ever find plans for early Morris or Humber 8cwt radio trucks, the body was pretty generic, if not, I can attempt to scan some shots for you. Attempt is a strong word. Nick "I told you that wasn't a Spitfire" Motto from an Oflag Luft POW camp, 1940