Dutch CMPs

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

The pictures of this Ford F60L (built in Feb. 1945) were sent to me by its Dutch owner. He has asked me to help him identify the body.
The owner bought the body separately, which he thinks was once fitted on a GMC CCKW-353 - note the long wheelarches in the inside pic.
Maurice Donckers indeed recognised it as one of (at least) five ex-C60X bodies which were transferred to GMC chassis after the C60X was phased out of service.

I saw this body again yesterday, the current owner and I were discussing this configuration. There were many Lindsay type house bodies in Laboratory, Machinery, Stores and Switchboard configurations, but we are not sure if there ever was one with only windows in the side and a rear door. Most likely this was part of the conversion done by the Dutch Army.

I checked the MoD Archives and found some pictures for comparison. I suspect it was originally a closed body and the four windows on each side were added when it was “converted to a mobile switchboard in 1955”:

AKL046293.jpg F60L-02-1945_1_.jpg

AKL046295.jpg F60L-02-1945_2_.jpg

AKL046294.jpg

Source:
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...3-eee67befbce2
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...2-428959546644
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...e-2815c23603d1