G749 Canadian Production Numbers
These are all good questions that deserve better answers than I have. I first recall the metric system in school in 1977 and some folks putting stickers over the MPH gauges on the dash in their civi cars but I've never seen them in the deuces.
The rest of us just converted in our craniums. All that mattered to Goose today was...... 50mph.
is 80 kph.
We're still trying to nail down the number of the different variances on the G749 series built in Ontario from 1951 to 1956. I borrowed a picture from faceoffbook of the first M135 to roll out of the plant.
.......and we know Gizmo's date of delivery was November 1956 and it's listed as 113506074 so we must have made at least 6074 M135's. George was delivered on 11-7-56 and he's # 5503, Goose was a 56' March 16th baby and is # 4873. The earliest one I have was....and I say was because it's a parts truck hoping to be a tri-cab, Cat driven 6x was 12-8-52 and it was truck # 1174. We had a chat with an MVPA boy today and stoked his curious side so he's game to call GM and find out, so we can convince David Dunlop to write another book.
As for the legislation on when convoy lights were required, well that has been a futile search on DOT upgrades and changes. Internet searches for "when did Alberta regulate convoy lights on commercial vehicles" takes me to the last page of the internet and it does not end the way you think it would.
Once I actually have any solid answers I will share my new found knowledge. Until then, you keep asking as many questions that I can't answer as you want.