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

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your replies and info both on the forum and through PM. The new info has triggered me to continue on the model and I am happy I made some progress again over the past few weeks after a long period of silence.

Combining info from different sources has enabled me to answer a lot of the questions I had and get a more detailed view of the details in the Lindsey machinery bodies. But, some questions still remain.....

I am still on the lookout for some good quality pictures/scans of the Type C Machinery body pictures Colin shows in this thread. Anybody able to make some HQ scans from the "Design Record, Canadian-Developed Military Vehicles World War II"???


Something else has also been keeping me busy.....the three C60X Machinery trucks I have inspected here in Holland and the one in Belgium (and the one in Norway as well if I remember correctly) all seems to be of the same body style.....twin rear doors, twin side benches and no other doors or hatches in de sides or rear of the body. However the panels above the side benches seem to be of the non-opening kind in all of them. The question is.....what type are these? They seem closest to a type D, but Gregg's list doesn't mention that these didn't have opening panels above the side benches (like with the Type A and C pictured in this thread), also Clive sent me some pictures of the Type D interior and that does seem to show a locking mechanism for the panels.....so, this means at least the Type D in those pictures has opening panels.(?)

So, maybe there is a difference between early and late vehicles?
All the restored vehicles were modified post war?
The restored trucks had a different role from origin....Stores? Chemical Warfare?


Alex

[Bob Carriere]

.... the best worshop I have seen is with Andre Gibeau..... who is not on the web...... his is fully equipped...... alll electrical cables on wall racks.....rifles in holders..... lathe and all....... almost scary to walk up inside..... like stepping back in time...... and it is dark air force blue.... It's an absolute beauty.

..... it may eventually wind up at the CWM where it will no doubt be displayed stacked up and crowded between other trucks and all doors closed....!!!!!

Bob

[Alex van de Wetering]

the best worshop I have seen

Bob, sounds like Andre's truck made a real impression....worshipping the workshop

Any idea what type Andre's truck is? Any pictures wandering around on the web? I'd love to hear/see more of this specific truck. Andre's truck may well be the only one in the world with the original equipment....most are "empty" nowadays or fitted with post-war equipment.

Alex

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Alex.

Andre is known for the quality and attention to details at almost any cost. Apparently when he got the truck it was far from complete and he sourced the lathe from the USA.....for a full pristine restoration.

Andre has done and donated/sold a number of vehicle to the war museum including one of the elusive Adolph's armored Mercedez now residing at the CWM.

I did take some pictures when we visited his place...... truck was inside a large garage and rather dark..... I will see what I can dig up form the 'puter.
In fact I need to check as to whether it was a C60 with 6 wheels or a full
C60X with 6 wheel drive.

Andre is an avid collector/restorer..... usually attends MLU flea markets and always has nice items for sale at good prices..... and is always willing to help fellow members. Unfortunately, he lives in a rural area of Quebec near the NY border and high speed internet has not and is not about to be installed in his area.

Stay tuned.

Bob

[Bob Carriere]

Grant pointed out to me that if I am convinced that it had 6 wheels / 3 axles then it had to be a F60 and not a 4x4 C60....... really not sure if it might have been a C60x.....

Now I have checked my pictures from that trip at Andre's place and all the pictures where taken outside.... none inside the barn as it was crowed and dark...... stupid what are flashes for.... but mainly we behaved like kids in a candy store.... will just have to visit again.

Bob

[Grant Bowker]

Actually, my claim was that if it was 6x4 it had to be F60H, but if 6x6 almost certainly C60X. My impression was more C60X but I will be happy to go on a tour with you and verify. If it's C60X I want to see which braking system it has and if the early one, figure out better how the linkage and master cylinder worked.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Bob, Grant, thanks for your efforts and comments. I have seen Andre's name come by on the forum quite a few times and sometimes one forgets that not all CMP-nutters are on the World Wide web. If you guys do go and visit Andre in due course, than I would love to hear more about his truck; Bob's description has made me very curious.

Alex.