Ian L Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Is this for real or just a mock up ? saw it at the Overloon Museum http://www.oorlogsmuseum.nl/nl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Not original in my view, and I think the C8GS came into service (1945?) after disruptive camouflage was ceased to be applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Not original in my view, and I think the C8GS came into service (1945?) after disruptive camouflage was ceased to be applied. Correct, it is a C8 used post-war by a fire brigade or some-such (I have seen pictures of it before restoration), now painted up as a military vehicle in the wrong livery to boot! Shame on the museum for misleading the public :nono: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordenj Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Correct, it is a C8 used post-war by a fire brigade or some-such (I have seen pictures of it before restoration), now painted up as a military vehicle in the wrong livery to boot! Shame on the museum for misleading the public :nono: Still one of my favorite military museums though. Visited again this summer with my son. At least the Panther is now re-painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex van de Wetering Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Correct, it is a C8 used post-war by a fire brigade or some-such (I have seen pictures of it before restoration), now painted up as a military vehicle in the wrong livery to boot! Shame on the museum for misleading the public :nono: I was helping the museum with the Conger carrier at the time and remember they bought the C8 very cheap. The seller convinced them the bowser was original, but the truck had a cracked engine block. Soon it was discovered that the water tank was post war. They couldn't be convinced to make a new GS body for it, and in stead they decided to give it a quick cleanup and paint job. Pity as they also had an option on a Morris Quad beetle back at the time, which would have been more suited for the museum. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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