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Originally Posted by Bob Moseley
Hi Hanno - thanks for the information. By the looks of it I need an F60S as a starter truck. I really like the idea of re-creating the Canadian version.
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Hi Bob,
Indeed you need an F60S with 134-in. wb. Make sure you get one with the heavy axles, steering box etc.. Maybe you could start with an F60L since you need to reengineer the whole truck anyway, so a cut 'n shut of 3-tonner chassis is a possibility?
Also, you need to recreate the No 43S cab, a special cab used only on the Ford F60B. This cab was a widened No 43 which allowed four abreast seating of the vehicles crew, all available space on the rear of the truck being taken up with the bed mounted 40mm Bofors gun, ammunition and gun stores. The four abreast seating was unique in that the driver remained in the conventional position with a passenger outboard of him and another two passengers on the left side of the engine. No roof or doors were fitted to No 43S cabs. This cab also has a conventionally sloped windscreen.
Then there are the four levelling jacks, plus the rear platform to fit the Bofors. And oh, it had transversely mounted fuel tanks behind the cab.
But you being an Australian, I really think you should recreate one of the Australian versions. . . . Look at this one -
http://www.oldcmp.net/reff60sbofors.html - isn't it a beauty?!?
H.