Tony, you will see that the Canadian Ford men saw the GM system in trials, and it failed. The call was for M-H 4 x 4 drivetrains and on 30-cwt and above. That said, and this is where the development history becomes interesting, M-H components were to be fitted to MCP chassis. Your comment
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They could have gotten away with it if the CMP was only ever going to be a 15cwt, but for the sake of standardisation, a heavier case was required for the FAT and 60cwt's.
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is absolutely correct I feel from the hard evidence save that to take it one step further, a 4 x 4 MCP was not going to be tough enough in the 3-tonner category and ...well, the FAT was a 3-tonner..so! And yet we have M-H-converted Ford MCP chassis for the Canadian DND, for New Zealand, Australia, South Africa [?], and so the concept was not dismissed totally. Using modified Ford chassis with components derived from all the 4 x 2 MCPs that were being built in Windsor must have been expedient all round, and they may have been less expensive as well!
Thanks for your valuable input.