Intro: new F22 owner s/n CK-236140
 

Hi,

My name is Chris and I live in Sheffield England. I have recently purchased a very nice 1945 Ford F22. Until I saw this one advertised I had never heared of the F22. When I get chance I will post up some photo's. This is my first CMP so will probably have lots of questions.

At the moment the only markings on the truck are allied stars on each door. I would like to add the vehicle number to the doors as well, which prefix letter do I need ie;

Z for vehicles under 1 ton same as F15

H for artillery tractors or

L for lorry's over 1 ton.

Regards Chris

Hi Chris ,
Nice to hear a order Ford is save and a F22 even better :thup2:Hop to see the pic soon :teach:
Here my project and one of my Ford have some spec of a F22 and date 1945
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12373

Hi Chris,

Welcome to this forum! Did you buy this F22? If not, I am interested to hear of another survivor! Mind you, F22 is not an official designation - read more here.

Regards,
Hanno

Hi Hanno,

So is it an F22 or just a modified F15?

Chris

Any body know where I can get a replacement water pump from for the V8.

Regards Chris

Hi Chris and welcome to the forum i had my waterpumps rebuilt by a company in the UK called Nordian Services, i'm sure a quick search on the internet will get there details up. Here it is http://nordianservices.com/

Thanks Alan, I am waiting to here from them.

Chris

Heres one of my pumps on return from Nordian !

http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...b/100_0550.jpg

Hi Chris,

Well, the jury is still out on that subject! One F22 owner told the editor of Wheels & Tracks his truck is a "late version of the standard 15-cwt 4x4 truck. It was fitted with 20" wheels to enable it to follow FATs and 3-ton trucks in their tracks. With their smaller 9-16" tyres the 15-cwts tended to get stuck, so they fitted larger wheels."

The former owner of CK-236140 / FSV327 states he found "blue and red on the metal work where the Divisional signs would have been. The Blue and Red indicated use within the Royal Artillery. No complete census number could be located, but there was a weak image of the letter "H" followed by either a 5 or a 3."

Even though "F.22" is stamped on the chassis rail, of course a Ford 22-cwt truck did not exist as the War Office had no 22-cwt truck class defined.

In my opinion this type of truck was assembled very late during or early after the war from remaining FAT chassis, possibly specifically for use with artillery units for use as 15-cwt GS trucks or auxiliary artillery tractors (?)

Hope this helps,
Hanno

PS: can you share some pictures of your F22 with us?

Hi,

+1 :D

Here are some more shots of CK-236140 / FSV327, taken at Beltring in 2003:

For verybody who works on Ford Flat Heads ---
 

To complete the title Everybody who works on Ford Flat Heads should post this picture on the wall in the shop for it shows one of those fine design points that drives anybody who works on these engines crazy at some point. This being the mounting bolt hidden in the hose port.

Great photo

Cheers Phil

Here are some pics of my F22 taken at the weekend

Chris

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Hi Chris,

Thanks for the pics. I see FSV327 has found a good home! This is how she looked when the man who restored her put her up for sale 10 years ago.

Regards,
Hanno

And this was the last ad on Milweb - sold in 2 hours, wow!

H.

For sale Ford F22 CMP
 

Hi,

I am very reluctantly selling my Ford F22.

Open to offers around the asking price.

http://www.milweb.net/webverts/58550/

Any more info please ask.

Regards Chris

Very nice truck!

Good luck with the selling Chris!

Chris,

Sorry to hear you have to let it go. Here's hoping this rare F22 will find a good home.

Regards,
Hanno

Intro - new F22 owner
 

Hiya,

It's about time I introduced myself as I've been perusing the forums for a couple of months - I'm Lauren and I bought Chris's CMP F22 (the one restored by Brian Nunn).

I've been into military vehicles for a while and actually drove a tank before learning to drive anything else (My first day driving motor vehicles was a team building day from work, driving a FV433 Abbott and T55). Yes, Tank Girl is my favourite film....

I'm also one of the volunteers at Duxford, helping to restore and keep the vehicle collection running, but "Dolly" is my first vehicle at home.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford
http://www.das.org.uk/militaryvehicles.htm

I've been collecting information from the net and I've picked up some of the manuals, but I'm sure I'll be posting lots of questions shortly....

TTFN
Lauren

Welcome to the forum :cheers:
Congratulations on the F22 (dolly) purchase :salute:
Duxford has a good selection of vehicles. Well done

Well done Lauren. I remember Brian rallying the Ford back in the 1980's.

F22
 

Hi Lauren

Here is the F22 info put together by Hanno

http://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/f22.html

What an unusual truck :smoker:

Do you know of the Morris Commercial CS8 the IWM had ? A very original example . I think Duxford had it at one time ?

Mike

Hi!

I'll ask about the CS8 the next time I'm in. I've not had the opportunity to volunteer as much this year as work has taken priority, but I'm hoping the F22 will set me back into the MV hobby.

Exhibits do get moved around and some are on loan from other collections etc. Is this the one?

http://www.military-vehicle-photos.c...number7502.asp

The F22 being unual is one of the main reasons I went for her (that and my partner losing her patience with me constantly umming and erring over which vehicle to get :) I'm looking forward to seeing if I can track down any more information on her.

TTFN
Lauren

That's it
 

Lauren

Yes thats the CS8 I was asking about . I have been told it's pretty much unmolested, with the original woodwork in situ . A chap from Wales, Brian Cook, measured it up and supplied some drawings to me , for which I am eternally grateful. I thought it was a GS , but it may be something else. Wonder where it is now ? MIKE

Hi Mike,

That Morris is an Air Compressor version, you can just see the top of it in the side shot. The top half of the side boards hinge down on these. I am sure this vehicle was on the show circuit once upon a time as the civvy registration number is familiar.

regards, Richard

Brian Nunn's F22
 

Here is a picture of yesteryear when Brian Nunn owned this F22:

Source

Was it found fitted with 16inch wheels?

Indeed,with 10.50-16 tyres, it seems. I asked Brian and he said: “That’s correct, the smaller wheels and tyres were fitted by the garage, to make it faster for the recovery works.”

H.

Pics of FSV327 found on the 'net somewhere:

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