General Bill Slims Truck / Caravan CMP

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Thanks for all the input. I am going to see if I can publish a repeat of my Vintage Roadscene magazine text here for you, relating to 6-wheel CMPs.

The chassis numbers that have been quoted save for the pilot lorry appear to be 1943 MODELS and may have been assembled as late as 1944. I know of just one Aussie C60X:

3866070143M ENGINE # 270 45,859 [MELBOURNE-ASSEMBLED] SM-PE-211-16 SEPTEMBER 11 1945

So was PE-211-16 the last contract then?

I have been mulling over the possibility that there were no direct Australian orders for F60H lorries and that any that ended up in Aussieland were ex-Middle East deliveries. I have no evidence yet of any Census Numbers or Demands/Contracts for F60H chassis for the British forces but I have a list of Ford Demands that are not assigned to any known models. It would require a check of index cards at Bovington Tank Museum, if such is possible these days, to check unless someone with a F60H can find a number on a plate in the cab and/or a parts list with any British Demand numbers on it. May I ask if there is any record of F60H lorries in the AWM census books please?