British Hood Numbers
Jus like the US had different numbers denoting vehicle types the British did the same.
If there was a “C” and then one of the letter from the list below this we Canadian vehicle used in the British service.
Here is the British system of the letters used in their hood numbers
• A = Ambulances
• C = Motorcycles (the “C” in cycle)
• D = Tractors, tracked (came from the early Dragoon category of vehicles pre-war)
• E = Engineer Special Purpose Vehicles
• F = Armoured Cars / Scout Cars
• H = Tractors, wheeled (e.g. Field Artillery Tractors)
• K = Probably “Experimental” as it was used for experimental tracked jeeps
• L = Lorries (i.e. trucks over 15 Cwt. 1 Hundredweight = 112 pounds. 15 Hundredweight = U.S. 3/4 ton load carrying cross-country capacity of the U.S. Army)
• M = Cars light (included jeeps and staff cars)
• P = Amphibious (e.g. Ford GPA jeeps and DUKW trucks)
• S = Self-propelled (e.g. Sexton self-propelled cannon)
• T = Universal Carrier and Tanks (6 digit number after the letter(s) as they were on a separate list)
• V = Vans (a British designation for a truck with no bows, so it resembles a pick-up truck of today. Obsolescent by 1944. Totally different from a North American concept of a van having an enclosed sheet metal body as in a delivery van.)
• X = Trailers
• Z = Trucks (up to 15 Cwt. capacity).
It is said to in the 1939’s the census number began with year of manufacture, then by 1942 due to millions of vehicles being in production. The system changed to blocks of 4 – 7 numbers being issues.
Also lots of British vehicles had the hood numbers at 3.5 inches high
We off the hood numbers in Pairs, however we do sell them in set of 3 also
here is the link to the hood number section of the website
This information has been taken from various websites and refence books. If this information is incorrect let me know any we can correct it accordingly
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