C60X Machinery bodies..Manuals of equipment? surviving "complete" examples?

Alex van de Wetering · #1 23-09-10, 16:08

I started on a C60X Machinery scalemodel a few years ago, but with priorities shifting the project ended in a dark corner of my room. Now, I want to get going again. However I am still looking for info on the equipment fitted in the Lindsey House type body.
Bill Gregg mentions 14 different versions of the Lindsey body, 4 of them for the Russian "market". I am desperately looking for info on the C, D.......or bascially any body with the twin rear doors and drop sides.

Anyone know of any C60X Machinery survivors that still have their original equipment? Anyone know of the availability of Manuals for the body interiors? I have a great manual for the QMG-MT Machinery body on the Diamond T, but that body is slightly longer than the one fitted to the C60X and I don't know if the equipment matches any of the ones above.

Alex

Noel Burgess · #2 25-09-10, 23:51

Alex - I have some 1/76 scale drawings by G.W.Lacey which dont show any internal layout but do list the contents of the C60X machinery bodies as follows:

C - 3kw, 110 volt DC, Outboard Marine or Lryland generator driven by Briggs & Stratton engine; Leblond lathe, 30" centres, 17" swing; 3 speed Wells metalcutting bandsaw; portable drills & grinding equipment.

D - 3kw, 110 volt DC switchboard; South Bend 8187A tool room lathe; Peerless watchmakers lathe; bench drill & tool grinder; Portable heavy duty electric drills.

Dont know where Mr Lacy got his information from but hope this helps.

I also have 1/76 drawing by J.B. Church - again no interior details but he lists bodies 8L1 to 8L17 with 8L1, 8L2 and 8L11 being stores vehicles; 8L3 shown as not produced; 8L9, 8L10, 8L13, 8L15 & 8L17 being for the USSR. Canadian machinery roles are listed as A, B, C, D, F. Z. CZ and RE7.5kw.

Will be interested to see if anyonne can offer some more details
Noel

Phil Waterman · #3 26-09-10, 00:33

Hi Alex

My memory says that photos and layout diagrams have been posted on MLU but I have been unable to get the search feature to find them, maybe somebody else will get the search to work better.

In the mean time is are pictures 142-143 on http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.com/CMP84.htm truck you are looking for?

Cheers Phil

cletrac (RIP) · #4 26-09-10, 02:27

Here's some info from Military Vehicle Profiles.

Noel Burgess · #5 26-09-10, 12:13

Those are great David, however I think the first picture should be described as a Role A not L.
Noel

Alex van de Wetering · #6 27-09-10, 19:27

Thanks for the responces, guys.

@ Noel. Very interesting. Indeed, It would be great to see some more "proof" of the descriptions of Mr. Lacey, but this is already a good start. Do the drawings and description also cover the other Machinery and Stores types?

@ Phil
Indeed, some CMP Machinery bodies have been covered on the forum before, but If I remember correctly, most were of the "Open" body type...the GS ones and not the ones using the Lindsey bodies......But, I will double check to be sure. The one I am after is the big boxy body as fitted to the C60X 6x6 as seen in Dave's post. The truck at Borden is very sweet and surely on my wish list when it comes to scale models; your pictures are very helpfull for that project and I also have some pics of the same truck from Keith's website and from a fellow modeller.

@ Dave
That's indeed the Gregg Publication I was referring to. It gives a nice list of the different models produced, but for my project I am looking for more detailed info. The top view and picture of the "L" type is basically what I am looking for for the C and D body types as well. Just as Neil wrote....it seems Dr. Gregg made a small mistake in the description of the body type, though.

I presume every different body had a separate manual, just like with the Diamond manual I have here. But....I guess those manuals are not very common to say the least.

Alex