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Truck, 3-ton, Signals Line Construction (Chevrolet C60S)
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Does anyone know if there’s a survivor of this type somewhere?
Attachment 136546 A long time ago, Johan Dieffenbach in Belgium fitted a US K42/K43 body on a C60S chassis: Attachment 136545 Sometime after 2014, the body was transferred back into the Chevrolet 1.5-ton chassis/cab it came off originally: Attachment 136547 |
Vehicle code 60444-M-SLC-1
Grant Bowker wrote about this type:
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Hanno,
Here is the relevant info from Volume VI of the Design Record. Attachment 136556 Attachment 136557 Attachment 136558 Attachment 136559 Attachment 136560 |
4K1 Signals Line Construction body vs. Signal Corps K42
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I also looked up the body type, the 4K1 was a "special steel Telephone (Signals Line Construction) body (...) similar to the standard commercial vehicles used for telephone construction work": Attachment 136562 I also compared it with the body on the US Signal Corps' model K42 or K43 (G7173) which is of similar construction but shorter. So the Chevrolet C60S shown above as assembled by Mr Dieffenbach, was the result of some artistic license. That body was put back on the type of chassis it was originally fitted to. Attachment 136563 |
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A well known period picture.......and even though the hint is in the description I only recently noticed the body of this truck.
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source:https://recherche-collection-search....2827&q=3392827 |
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Survivor?!?
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Perhaps this is one of the photos...
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...d.php?p=294931 Maybe you have a more direct link to the photo? |
I think Grant might be right....reading the original thread with John's pictures, the comments and the MIKAN reference.....it sounds like the same picture in this thread; "PA-115018" from the Canadian Archives.
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Some very nice period pictures can be found on the RCsigs website:
http://www.rcsigs.ca/index.php/CMP_L...l_Construction Nice BIG maple leaf on the side and "Canada" written on the rear! Attachment 136568 |
Grant, Alex, thanks for that.
In my enthusiasm of finding a survivor I *assumed* the photos which John posted were of a survivor, rather than a wartime photo. Mystery solved, dreams smashed - thanks! :) Quote:
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I can understand why Mr Dieffenbach wanted to build a recreation of this interesting truck. Attachment 136570 Source: http://www.rcsigs.ca/index.php/File:..._rightside.jpg |
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By the way....interesting to see the two-tone look of the example in the picture......shift in base colour?.....or just a difference between base colour used by the supplier of the body and the GM truck? |
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