Chris
As far as I know, Chris, the MACH Body you spoke of in Manitoba is still alive and well: at least it was back in 2002. The paint work was pretty much gone the last time I saw it - basically complete surface rust. I knew the original owner very well and in the early 1980's, he opened it up for me to have a look at. It was virtually complete inside. There was a large lathe across the front with a stock feed hole on one side wall. All the lighting and blowers were in place, several other floor tools I cannot remember, work bench, stock stowage bins and racks and a large generator box with gen set inside, on the right side (rear corner I think). Underneath the box, the muffler system for the gen set was in excellent shape. As were the two rear tail light brackets and lamps.
He was using the rear stairs to access a building on his property but even they were in great shape after sitting outside since the late 1960's.
The Body Tag on the lower left rear corner of the box was still in place but had been hit by something and flattened in just the wrong spot one could not ID which MACH Body Type was stamped on it.
I asked the owner if he had purchased just the box, or if it had been part of a complete CMP vehicle. He said it had been a complete vehicle, but not a CMP. It came out of the Army with a Diamond T Cab and chassis set up under it. Somebody in a town south of him, just below the Trans Canada kept bugging him for the Diamond T and he eventually sold it, putting the box up on old fuel drums, which was a good thing since his land there floods from time to time in the spring.
I know I have pictures of it somewhere. If and when I find them I will post.
David
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