F60H &/or C60X info needed
 

Hi folk. I do 1/35 scale models and would like to do a F60H and also a C60X.

I need details of the following.

picture or drawing of the rear spring setup especially were it attaches to the chassis.

on the Chev 6X6 pics of the rear diffs and driveshaft set up.

On the Ford 6X4 pics of the rear lazy axle.

If anyone could help I would appreciate it.

Information needed.

Did the Australian forces have/use the early cab 12 F60H wreaker as pictured below(scanned pic from wheels and tracks #34)

Thanks for any help:)

Cliff,

Search this forum for "F60H" to find the Alex's thread on this subject.

HTH,
Hanno

Australian use
 

As far as I know we didn't use the F60H here although there are reports of one or more wrecks in existence.

We did however use the C60X in a number of versions with both the army and RAAF.

Aussie F60H trucks?
 

Keith, you have put me to proof as to whether I had any hard evidence that there were indeed some F60H trucks used by Austrakian forces. I always thought that there were some # 13 Cab Wreckers used, although I cannot now find any confirmation! I know of the Indian contracts and the Canadian DND papers rather confirm that India received the last of the F60H chassis produced and well after Canada had dropped the design in favour of the C60X.

I have checked my Norm Darwin Ford book and there was nothing in there...all I have is an official Canadian photo of a F60H Wrecker, 1942 Model, that came out of Australia.

My problem is that there were no known British orders for F60H chassis, i.e. for UK delivery, but the Brits did purchase for the Indian Army and it is possible that they purchased some for Mid-East delivery, then issued some to the AIF. Otherwise all Canadian orders for overseas were for UK assembly, e.g. with British bodies.

Only pics I have hope they help.

Re: C60X
 

Thanks mate and yes they do help with a view of the C60X chassis. The detail pic I am really after is where (and how) the rear spring attaches to the chassis rail.

I am assuming it is a similar set up to the GMC duece and a half 6X6 truck.

Thanks again
Cliff :)

Re: Re: C60X
 

Cliff,
some scans from the F60H/C60X Op/MaintManual kindly provided to me by Ferdinand Hejl (Hi Ferda!).

http://www.o5m6.de/pics/F60H_Rear_Spring_Suspension.jpg

http://www.o5m6.de/pics/F60H_LubriMaintChart.jpg

http://www.o5m6.de/pics/F60H_Chassis_Cab.jpg

And the result :

http://www.o5m6.de/pics/Chevrolet C60X_newsgroup.jpg
Russian GMC C60X

HTH,
Oliver [www.o5m6.de, »Trucks lend-leased to Russia in WW2«]

Oliver thank you very much for those scans that has helped me an awefull lot:)

C60X
 

Perhaps our friend Dirk Leegwater could help you with photos as he has a C60X for sale on his web site?