[gordon]

At the end of the war ( and the APTs were produced in 44 and 45 ) they started producing exclusively non-winch chassis, and if they needed to fit a winch they just used bolt-on extensions - though they are more often associated with the post WW2 Power Wagon, the WDX.

If the engine is original it will have a T236-xxxx engine code stamp, so get him to check that, a T245 stamp will mean that it is an M37 engine.

They produced two batches, a 5000 off and a 6750 off, total of 11,750, and that chassis number sits almost exactly halfway through the second batch, probably means it should have a 'narrow' rear body on it.

The Norwegian APTs were surplussed first, as the parts dont interchange much with the US ones, and most had done very few miles and were in very good order. I remember two in Bergen that had only done a few hundred miles from new.