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m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:21 am
by rcb
Were the m152s only made for Canada? The information I found suggests that, but it wasn't conclusive.

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:38 am
by Cal_Gary
That is correct, according to my references.
Gary

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:56 am
by rcb
Thanks! That's what I was thinking. I like the format of them, but looks like they'd be hard to stumble across.

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 11:04 pm
by Cal_Gary
I've only seen one for sale, and that was several years ago.
Gary

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:45 am
by m15256
Actually there were a few US ones built. Zentmeyer's book mentions them.
I think the rear door(s) are a give away because the CDN has one and the US like the M-43 have two. See below.

There is a small book titled “TM 9-1840C M37 – The Production Story” from the IPC Research Department (John Zentmyer), published in 1987.

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:16 pm
by Jess
As they were Canadian built in Windsor, Ontario and deployed across Canada and with some in Europe, your best bet to find one is to look in Canada on Kijji or Craigslist. Currently there is one for sale in Alberta, listed along with an M135 & M37.
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edm ... nFlag=true Check out the pictures for the M152CDN.

They were also bought and shipped to Georgia by SECO but nobody seems to know what happened to them once there. I recall seeing pictures of a field full at the SECO property.

Here's another one. Grab it quick before the Wall is built and duties applied... http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.htm ... cale=en_CA

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:34 pm
by rcb
Looks like that one must have sold. I may poke around for a m43, but the extra windows seems like a nice feature. The second one is there. Price seems pretty reasonable too for one so complete.

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:02 pm
by Jess
They are out there but condition and asking price varies a lot. Rust in the same places as the M43 and more... I posted a link for one in Prince George, British Columbia if your location is anywhere near the west coast. Check out the Swap Meet.

You could also place an add on Kijji in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick if you are in the eastern US. They do come up fairly often and many are sitting waiting to be found. Expect a project as the years take their toll on the sheet metal.

Here's one in your backyard wherever that is... M152CDNs are everywhere... I suggest you update your profile and add location.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Dodge-Powe ... 1657307523

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/pri ... nFlag=true

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:34 am
by rcb
I live in southern Indiana in the US. I'm still waiting to hear back on a wc62 up in Alberta, but it seems like things take a lot longer to hear back on up there. So I'm looking elsewhere too in case that turns into vapor.

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:36 pm
by Jess
The wait is likely because they are near frozen to death. Out here on the balmy coast, its a warm 0 F. I can hardly wait until it warms up a couple of more degrees and I can get the rest of my tractor painted...

If that one doesn't work out, keep looking and you will find the right one for the right price.