Blitz with dual wheels?

warren brown · #1 05-12-12, 02:03

Hello everyone, a local farmer was telling me he has a Blitz - "a late model one fitted with dual wheels." Was this ever the case or is this another "My uncle posted an entire jeep home piece by piece from New Guinea" stories?
Cheers Warren.

Grant Bowker · #2 05-12-12, 02:13

The only Blitz I'm aware of that were produced with dual rear wheels were the Australian tippers, but there might be others I need educating about.

warren brown · #3 05-12-12, 02:19

Thanks Grant! The way he said it was something like 'they came with dual wheels at the end of the war' - which was news to me...It might be a tipper I suppose - I'll see if I can get a look at it..

Harry Moon · #4 05-12-12, 03:01

When i visited the Reynolds collection back in 99 in Alberta they had at least 6 CMP's farmerized but they had Duals on the back with compatible rims on the front. 2 and 4 wheel drive as i recall. i didn't take any pictures of those at the time as I was taking pictures of ones i wanted to buy. never did sell any to me.
Also on that thread on the spare tire carrier that CMP obviously had duals.

lynx42 · #5 05-12-12, 04:06

"a local farmer was telling me he has a Blitz - "a late model one fitted with dual wheels." Was this ever the case-"

Hello Warren,

Here are a couple of dual wheeled Blitz's in military service.

(I thought Cliff might have beaten me to it as they come from his archives.)

Regards Rick

Bob Carriere · #6 05-12-12, 04:14

There were some dual wheels set up for civilian use that were fitted on the original CMP axles. Apparently the dual wheel fitted perfectly on the CMP axle spindle....... voila instant duallies.

To my knowledge none were original Canadian military conversion.

Bob

mafiamike · #7 11-12-12, 11:51

Hi warren
i have 2 blitzes with duelies fitted 1 a f60 tipper and the other a c60 cargo 1setlook tobe civi rims but the chev seems to be an abomination made by welding the split rim togeter wen i get them appart ill have a better idea of the old who done what and when but imm shure the brains trust here may have heard of this before

barrie edge · #8 28-02-14, 05:39

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hi are these the modified straight wheels you have got these ones were fitted to our ford f60l monkeyface back in the late 40s/50s they done by some firm by gasaxeing the centre out then the flange off a spare half which was then welded on the out side to get the of set the reason why was avaiable 8 stud rims would only take 8.25s which apart from altering the gearing left a too small a footprint on the front our truck was used for tipper work and in sping with the body off and the log jinker on to cart into our mill we ran straight rims on the front after ballance problems bj

Tony Wheeler · #9 28-02-14, 17:44

As mentioned by others, the only Australian assembled CMP to be fitted with duals as standard was the tipper. These are very common as the tipper was produced in large numbers later in the war.

Duals are also commonly found on the rear of 60L CMPs, and also non-tipper 60S CMPs, but these have all been fitted post war, possibly by disposals dealers in many cases, who offered them as an option. Many more may have been fitted new by tyre dealers over the years, as supplied for post war British trucks, eg. Morris, Bedford, etc., and others would have found their way directly off such vehicles. Consequently a wide variety of duals can be found on surviving CMPs, with 4, 5, 6, 8, or 10 cutouts in the wheel centre. I believe the original CMP tipper wheels had 6 cutouts, however it's not something I've studied exhaustively.

I've only come across one CMP with home made wheels, which I found almost as amusing as the various other mods on the truck.

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Keith Webb · #10 28-02-14, 22:37

Do you think that steering box mount would pass a roadworthiness inspection?

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Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

I've only come across one CMP with home made wheels, which I found almost as amusing as the various other mods on the truck.

Tony Wheeler · #11 01-03-14, 10:07

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Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Do you think that steering box mount would pass a roadworthiness inspection?

No, you're quite right Keith, the steering box mount is old and split, it definitely needs a new piece of wood in there!

When you look at these mods you have to marvel how some people's minds work. I've done a couple of 400 steering box conversions myself, but it never occurred to me to try doing it without changing the spring hanger/steering box bracket! Mind you I have to admire the Flintstones bumper, which would be a helluva lot stronger than the original one.

mafiamike · #12 01-03-14, 01:59

Hi guys i have a c60l and an f60? both with duals here one may be military conversion the other well methinks farmer brown hath been busy with a welder ill post some pics when i work out how cheers all