No 15 cwt wreckers
As far as I know, all CMP and MCP wreckers were on 3 ton chassis. The two makers for the wrecker assembly thaat I know of were Holmes and GarWood.
It is possiblethat there might have been a 30 cwt wrecker although I haven't seen reference to one. Since the comments from the users were that the 3 ton based wreckers were lighter in capacity than they really wanted it seems that a 30cwt would have been even less useful.
My guess is that any wrecker on a 15 cwt chassis or for that matter a 3 ton FAT chassis fitted with a cab so that it would look like a 15 cwt on oversize tires would have been next to useless as a wrecker for anything larger than a jeep. The same short wheelbase that would make it more manouverable would limit the suspended tow capability.
Most likely the one you've found was a postwar assemblage of bits.
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14-07-08, 02:14
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