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Well I got another one from the scrap guy, can't believe people are letting these go for scrap.
Any other Maple Leaf owners out there?
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Hy gcs005, glad to see someone else is saving rolling history from the scrap man! I have four Maple Leaf trucks, a 1937 2 1/2 ton, a 1943 3 ton, a 1946 3 ton, and a 1950 3 ton. What is the serial number on your latest?

Don't understand how scrappers think. They see $400 in molten steel where anybody with half a brain sees at least $3000 in parts!

Parts...definitely. Strip that thing of anything useable and send it back to whence it came.

That's a nice collection of Maple Leafs 3B.

The serial # is 2167302206 and model 16-73

Looks like the AD bus is also a Maple Leaf, I couldn't make out what the hood side emblems were at first (the emblems themselves are gone and only a ghost image from many resprays is left).
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Can't find any tags on the bus though.

Hy gcs005, your Maple Leaf is a 2 1/2 ton model with a 159 1/4" wheelbase, and is Chevy powered.

3B, Any photos of your Maple Leafs on the web. I'd love to see that '50 model. I've got a set of AD Maple Leaf "Three Ton" hood emblems.

Hey, thanks for the info 3B. Should be interesting to see if it will run.

Glenn

Hi, can I ask what makes a maple leaf, a maple leaf. New to all this. Cheers Matt.

Yes its late and im tired. Cause they are made in canada!! doh!!!

A Canadian Maple Leaf GM truck was, I think, a Canadian GM Chevrolet truck with a GMC engine (was the GMC engine built in the USA?).

1930s to 1951? Does anyone know a good website with information?

http://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Canada_Only_General_Motors_Cars

http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn4767007