Old Bill Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Try this link! It should take you to the Canadian War Museum Artifact page. http://collections.civilization.ca/public/pages/cmccpublic/emupublic/Display.php?irn=1035821&QueryPage=%2Fpublic%2Fpages%2Fcmccpublic%2Femupublic%2FQuery.php&lang=0 Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) I have been watching this thread with interest. It seems that there are quite a few WW1 trucks out there , so I thought I had better add mine. Albion Chassis number 361A was laid down on the 6th December 1915. It was a 3 ton General Service truck, built to the Companies War Department specifications, for delivery in February 1916. After service in France and Belgium, it was returned to England in 1919 and sold through the disposals company C.H & L.O. Smith of Slough. It was purchased by the original manufacturer, Albion, and along with some other 930+ vehicles, rebuilt by the Company. It is believed to have been sent to Australia as part of a repatriation thank-you package to the Australian people by the British Goverment in about 1922/23. Two Albions from that package were known to be at the H.M.A.S. Cerberus shore depot proir to WW11, and it is thought that my Albion is one of these. (A large ships winch was fitted at some stage as well). I found it in 1972, burnt and half buried behind a sawmill in a Victorian country town. Some 5,000 hours went into the restoration. Whilst it is normally on display at the Bandiana Military Museum, where I have it on semi-permanent display, the attached photos were taken this March 2011, at the Corowa Swim-In, the largest Military Vehicle gathering in the Southern Hemisphere. Regards Rick. Edited August 2, 2011 by lynx42 Rick Cove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornishMade Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I have been watching this thread with interest. It seems that there are quite a few WW1 trucks out there , so I thought I had better add mine. Albion Chassis number 361A was laid down on the 6th December 1915. It was a 3 ton General Service truck, built to the Companies War Department specifications, for delivery in February 1916. After service in France and Belgium, it was returned to England in 1919 and sold through the disposals company C.H & L.O. Smith of Slough. It was purchased by the original manufacturer, Albion, and along with some other 930+ vehicles, rebuilt by the Company. It is believed to have been sent to Australia as part of a repatriation thank-you package to the Australian people by the British Goverment in about 1922/23. Two Albions from that package were known to be at the H.M.A.S. Cerberus shore depot proir to WW11, and it is thought that my Albion is one of these. (A large ships winch was fitted at some stage as well). I found it in 1972, burnt and half buried behind a sawmill in a Victorian country town. Some 5,000 hours went into the restoration. Whilst it is normally on display at the Bandiana Military Museum, where I have it on semi-permanent display, the attached photos were taken this March 2011, at the Corowa Swim-In, the largest Military Vehicle gathering in the Southern Hemisphere. Regards Rick. NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! emma & mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Some time back there was a posting of a military museum in either Austria or Switzerland with an example of each item used. A search has failed to find the site concerned, but I do recall it having vast collections of horse drawn transport and another display area of motorized vehicles Can any one provide me with a name or link to the site? Doug:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Well, if you consider Dennis, the total is just one. Don't we count Les Warren's (in civvy colours)? :undecided: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Don't we count Les Warren's (in civvy colours)? :undecided: At the moment, I am counting vehicles presented as military of whatever provenance. We can expand to commercials of the period later. Of course then there are those which will be military but which are as yet unrestored such as our Thornycroft. If we include all of these, we reach the best part of 100 vehicles in the UK. Let's stick to Military for the time being! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Leyland 1. New Zealand. 1916 Leyland under rebuild. Chassis number is within a War Dept batch. 2. Australian War Museum. Rebuilt for the period of time. Parts off a number of different vehicles have been used in assembling this up. A number of different brass plates and serial numbers some of which are War Dept batches. 3. Mechanical workshop box. IWM Duxford. Originally off a Leyland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 1915 Oakland Pontiac Whether it was a military truck originally I don't know. Poteau museum, Ardennes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) I've just thought, we've gone past Albion without mentioing the medical body example in, I think, Turkey. Anyone have a picture of it? Update: It's at the Rahmi Koc Museum in Istanbul - pictures here: http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/english/exhibit/road.html http://www.geziyorum.net/rahmi-koc-muzesi/ Edited August 9, 2011 by Runflat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 That has to be the most amazing Great War survivor of all! An entirely original mobile X-ray unit in Turkey of all places. I wonder how it got there and does it still have its X-ray equipment installed? Something for my 'Things to See' list! Steve :wow::wow::wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs1918 Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) ok seems we are skipping about rather than doing one vehicle at a time. Here are three of the four model 1918 Dodge Light Repair Trucks left from the 1012 made for US Army contract . 1 is in my collection www.globalarray.net/user/bobspics/mydblrt.JPG 1 is at the Pennsylvania Military Museum www.globalarray.net/user/bobspics/pmmdblrt.JPG 1 is at Fort MacArthur in California www.globalarray.net/user/bobspics/1918dblrt.jpg There is a 4th unrestored example in private hands. The California and Pennsylvania examples show some post war modifications. Edited August 10, 2011 by bobs1918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 The A10 Albion in the Turkey museum is interesting as the timber framing for the box body is external. Just to see such an original vehicle ( assuming totally original )puts a differing perspective on the interest. So much of our knowledge is based on items about us or readily seen, then these items " off the beaten track" appear. Doug:wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 How about a 1917 AC Mack that I know of in France? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs1918 Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 [ATTACH=CONFIG]49638[/ATTACH] How about a 1917 AC Mack that I know of in France? OK so we got one AC MAck.........How many others??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs1918 Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 Click this link for a great image of a ww 1 US Army AC Mack http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss318/eymurphey/WWIARMYMACKAC.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 There is a Mack in the Berliet Collection in France - I have a picture somewhere! Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) http://www.fondationberliet.org/la-collection/collection-camions-vehicules/ LATIL type TAR of 1915 No Mack mentioned, four other lorries dated from 1909 - 1913. Edited August 14, 2011 by Pzkpfw-e Lovely little red cross, rather than a photo! Follow the link folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 [ATTACH=CONFIG]49638[/ATTACH] How about a 1917 AC Mack that I know of in France? So will you buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I have found my pictures of the Mack - Tim will put them up! Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Yertiz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 So will you buy it? Sadly it isn't for sale - if it was I would be very tempted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Here are 3 from Italy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The Pennsylvannia Military Museum's got a couple. Dodge Brother's 1918 Repair truck & GM K-16 Ambulance http://www.vgbimages.com/AFV-Photos/PA-Military-Museum-Boalsburg/18285937_NH7GqV#1417752146_Mh666bk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 1915 Daimler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 That was taken a few years ago. here is how it looks now: Now, the questions is, do you have any photos of the other vehicles that were in that auction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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