Unusual Chev
 

This Chev comes from a very interesting archive via Peter Kelly. The CMP lifting slings are of course the unusual feature. Any clues as to model number? Note the Furphy water tank as payload.
I'll make a page or two soon. There are also lots of images of CMP fire tenders...

And another
 

And a stylish Chev ambulance too.

Trucks id
 

The top one I am certain is Canadian-sourced, namely a MCP...the question is which Model Number? Anyone guess the wheelbase please? I suspect that it's a 134 1/2" wheelbase, rather than 160", so therefore a 1941-onwards 1533 as used by the LRDG. A 160" w.b. would make it a CC60L, Model 1543.

The bottom one looks to me as though it was a 1941 US-sourced Lend-Lease. Suggesting 'Model MS, Model Number 4402 1 1/2 ton Cowl less windshield RHD'.

3-tonner
 

I checked my photos collection and I am certain that the top truck is indeed a MCP 3-tonner, but what wheelbase? I am sticking my oar in at 134 1/2 " and say that it's a 1533 [civilian 2-tonner]. That said the UK received 1543 CC60L trucks and used them in military and civilian [Ambulance] service. The bottom truck I am sure has the same Holden body as 1939 Model Chevrolets.

If I have not got copies of these photos Peter and Keith, amy I appeal for some please?

CC60L in Tobruk
 

Further to David's picture in the thread "Manuals", Tomáš Jakl's page "Beer in Tobruk" shows two more Chevrolet CC60L's in Tobruk with a particular "beer" marking. Could this marking have anything to do with the universal Australian, Polish & British interest in barley sandwiches? :)

S/M 2037?
 

The bottom truck has a Mid-east allocated Census Number. I am suggesting that it might have been to Demand S/M 2037, one of at least 6,847 trucks ordered as C60L/CC60L & F60L/ FC60L units.

This is a 1948 shot that my dad has in his collection from Jaffa when he was in the RAMC in what was then Palestine. Note the front-opening screen and British-style lights. The number plate appears to be Arabic. The front bumper is not a Canadian style MCP one.

http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/.../JAFFA1948.jpg

Heres 1 sitting in Sunshine Victoria and available.
The owner claims it has a hydraulic tipping tray but I haven,t had time to confirm that.

Stuff
 

[moderator's note: this message was split from the thread Ford US trucks for RAF, Egypt and moved into this thread for relevance]

Stuff

OK, it is a Chev, not a Ford. I am still trying to sort out my new software.