1940's CMP Canadian Military Pattern Army Truck series #1 

Louie that's such a cool truck! I've never seen one of these before. Looks like it would be great for beating around the woods up on your property! Looking forward to seeing more of it

Sweet Ride dude! Looking forward to watching the restoration progress...

That thing is sick! It would look crazy cool with the jet engine in the back when you do take it places. Hope to see more videos about this truck

man, seems like a pretty awesome restoration project

This is amazing!!! Updates as you go for sure!!! I'd love to have one of these!

Awesome project big guy..I can't wait to see it done..great video..

Those old type "shocks" are pretty cool. They are probably oil filled units that dampen the springs. Lots of times you see those cut off and replaced

Nice truck my uncle had one like that and he used it for grading and nice video louie

That'll make a really awesome yard truck.

"Just don't see them around." (?) Obviously you are not hanging around the right people. What you have is a Number 11 Cab Chevy C15 (3/4 ton 4X4) CMP probably 1941. Those are the correct headlights. Brian Asbury (CMP parts & MVPA member) told me that these headlights were originally fitted with the small bulbs, as are earlier GM cars. this surprised me as sealed beam headlights were standard by 1941. According to Brian, GM managed to talk the Canadian government into accepting them with the older style heal lamp bulbs. Hopefully GM gave them a discount while unloading stock piles of the now outdated bulbs. Last I heard, Brian may still have the original side marker & tail lights. Those vents are for cooling the cab's occupants, not the motor. It can get quite warm inside these even in cool weather without the canvas side windows in place as you are virtually sitting alongside the engine. Those are shocks, almost all cars prior to 1940 had that style of (knee) shock absorber. That old funnel may be a wartime original. The grab handle is for the co-driver to grab onto (his seat is missing) while bumping over rough ground. I added a handle to the dash for him as mine was missing and they original just gets in the way. I was wondering what the hydraulic pump was for - somebody made it into a dump truck. Should be two fuel tanks. As to tire replacement; originally the tires would be 9.25X16. I recommend getting the new radial 10.50-16 directional tires as used on C30's. The larger tires look better on a C15, and do make the truck run slightly faster. Why someone welded on the raised door jams is beyond me - just makes it even more difficult to climb in. Check out my C30: 1941 Chevrolet Goes to War Parts I & II on RU-vid. It is for sale.

Louie quote of the day "Ya I don't wanna wreck it, I don't wanna do anything stupid to it... But I am gonna put the jet motor on the back, the jet engine on it when I need to transport somewhere" LMFAO Yea you'll be transporting alright, with the jet engine on it, right into an early grave :) I love the thing, but being in the insane humid ontario, i''d blast it or phosphoric acid wash or something. or just oil the entire thing lol

awesome project! Cummins swap!

going to enjoy this.

ther is alot of guys here locally in the gilbert (east valley area in Pheonix arizona) that collect, buy & sell esp all kinds of parts to those old military and civilian vehicles from ur same era..I always see listings on the phx-Craigslist for the many different parts they sellin & since we're in a dry desert its easy to find parts with no rust

awesome truck wish I had one

That is a beast!!

Super cool! Jet power

I have 2 of these little flatter on the front . Mine is 1938 -39 with chev drivelines Ford had the split rearends .nice fine for you . they are tough

Cab 11. It has the small bonnet cover. The Cab 12s had the "alligator" bonnet that split the grill to increase access.

Im envisioning a sick power modz recovery vehicle!!! :D

This truck has a wind screen that leans back at the top. The later models , the wind screen leans forward at the top I believe it was to do with preventing the sun reflecting off the screen ; making harder to see from the air.

You could mount shocks on it [probably help the ride]. Just need to put the bracket in the right spot and mounts overall. Not too tough to do. The old hotrod guys do it all the time with T-buckets and model A hotrods... 30's Chevy's.

yes ,,those are sweet rides,,, manual start ,,, im still hunting for one hidden in the forests of vancouver island Canada

Holy fricken cool!

Are u going to the Calabogie drags this weekend?

love the vids keep it up 👍

Put a 12 valve cummins in it

Love it!!!

I have a line on a 44 Chev cmp box truck with proper trailer extra box n wheels..supposed to run drive n stop... doesn't look to rusty in pics.. what do you think it's worth?

Quite the contraption.

That thing is badass! What group on facebook did you find this thing? I'm looking for an old Land Cruiser!

almost looks like a really old Unimog. Its not though with the taper hood and the air vent on the side gives it away as an early British 1940's CMP (canadian military pattern) 3 ton. A Chevrolet C8a powered or might be a Ford powered model. It has a silver or bow tie or gold ford oval right at the top of the middle of the grille. When I was growing up in early 70's the family who bought our house, that guy had a Chevy powered CMP parked in the yard till I was in high school. Never knew what happened to it, been gone for 30+ years. Its more ugly than homemade sin. haha im going to say its a 1941

whooo, awsome @powermodz !! I'm also a cruiser guy, glad to hear you have the bug too. what cruisers have you done? are you on mud? I'm doing a HJ61 now. I took on a unimog project, way worse than that, got on the backburner. cheers from Norway!

you should contact some war museums , see what they say or if they're intrested in it

Hello, beautifull, but ina bat conditions! Thank's for the vidéo!

Cummins swap would be sweet

what is that red and white snowmobile in front of the truck

I believe they are called knee-action shocks?

The shocks are Knee action shocks

Those also came out as Morris chassis too.

i like it

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where is the rev Lou ?

I feel like I could make an exact replica of this with a plasma cutter and a welder

Did you sell the 70 series? That beast just has such a thick body, you can blast off 1/16 of and inch and have clean metal :) I am jealous, 4BT is what it needs!!!

we get em in aus called chevy blitz loads got left here at the end of ww2

This thing needs a lot of work. Too much, if you ask me :) Good luck, man!

6 cilinder?disel?

I think that is a pretty early monkey face chev blitz , I have the later type , for some reason the monkey faced blitz wasn't liked by the Australian army in WW2 something about the shape Deflecting shrapnel or lack of it .R

Looks like a 1942 Model 12

Vinyl wrap the thing with powermods army!

The shop always looks like a junk yard at the end of the season.......just like my garage.

Maybe you should add description to your video

1939 CAB 11

you are to tall to drive that LOL

just part it out..

Put a 4bt Cummins into it