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Painted two different color greens and black done in broad stripes/ swatches, with no pattern approaching anything as elaborate as either the 3 or 4-color NATO or MERDC paint schemes. I have the actual patterns right from the Canadian gov at work - really badly hand drawn things for the most...

Yeah..duuuh...17 digit VINs weren't standardized until 1981, and since these things hail from 1976 - a 13 digit VIN is okay. Monday-brain.

The VINs are strange - 13 digits instead of the usual 17 - and none of the usual "1GCT.." or "2GCT.." prefixes to let you know if they were built in the U.S. or Canada. There's no dashboard VIN plate on them either -- just the one on the door pillar, which is repeated again on the...

Forgot to mention that the blue dash pad in the Pirate 4x4 pics was also a Canadian forces thing as parts supplies dried up for the correct color replacement late in the trucks' service life and they procured whatever the dealer had in stock, which was Blue. Most of the trucks I saw surplused...

Yeah. They were bought up in Vancouver where the series was filmed and converted in one of their local 4x4 shops which does custom roll cages etc., then stored after the series ended because all concerned expected it to start right up again. From what I understand it was then thought the series...