Engineer's Lorry
 

Bonjour Serge,

That could indeed be the case. According to the Clive Law's "Drive to Victory" of the F60S-DRCK "503 complete vehicles delivered overseas and 139 bodies". So another possibility could be that one of the spare bodies was fitted to a C60S in the field?

The main entry on p.166 for the "Engineers Winch and Derrick Lorry" has listed the manufacturer as Ford with vehicle code F60S-DRCK. But under "Variants" is listed: "also manufactured by General Motors - Model 8442 - Engineer's Lorry - 3-ton, 4x, 134-inch wheelbase". And the book indeed shows a C60S Cab 13 with 4H5 or 4H6 body with fixed sides.

Also attached is a picture with of a C60S Cab 12 with 4H1 or 4H2 body with the hinged sides.

So, I have adjusted my view on the Derrick body only being put on the Ford F60S chassis, and I'll keep looking for more info on this interesting CMP variant.

Attachment 111058

A possible explanation for why some bodies were only mounted to Ford chassis and others only to Chevrolet chassis could be the fact that the PTO mounted on opposite sides of the transmission. On the other hand, it would seem likely that any equipment that might have been mounted on a commercial chassis would have already allowed for this.

According to the 1944 assembly instructions, the only difference between the Winch and the Derrick body are the setting up of the poles (which were only fitted to the Derrick body).

See the instructions here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31370

Attachment 115228

"A Thornycroft Nubian of the RAF moving through Carpiquet, France, 12th july 1944". Note the CMP Derrick truck on the left:

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C60S Derrick MT3302 at Bougainville
 

"Arrival of No. 1 Servicing Unit and No. 25 Servicing Unit personnel at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville.
Personnel are disembarking from LCI 222 (Landing Craft Infantry).
LCT 578 (Landing Craft Tank) and trucks MT2174, T21718 and MT3302 in view.
Date: 16/04/1945"

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Attachment 124683
Source: https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz...R5725.jpg.info

GM factory pictures

Cab 13 Engineer Lorry may be same Derrick Winch

F30S derrick type 13
 

Got one here in the States- nice chassis- tired body. Drive it as a cab/chassis CMP body is on blocks. Reported to have been a Telephone Co. truck in the NW Territories post WW2. Would like that rebuilt body [2006 date] . PM me Dave [Oregon, USA]

Hello Dave, you mean this one? http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...6793#post56793

Then contact Rob Love through his profile: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/member.php?u=18

Who knows, he may still have it sitting on those drums :)

truck box
 

Dave
The truck box that was posted by Hanno is in Ontario all repaired and repainted ready to go on my Chev chassis. Took me two years to get it here but ready to go now.

Gord

Gord: What took you so long to paint it. You've had it home for what...maybe a month?

I'll bet you would not have had that kind of speed using Ontario metal.

Well Dave, if Gord snapped up Rob's Derrick body, maybe you can try contacting Barry to see if he still has his Derrick body at the Chicken Ranch: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...6734#post56734