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Ford F8 Cab 12 with lengthened short box for sale. (as well as the British bike in front of it). For details please see the pictures.
Alex
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Only question is why put an invasion star on a desert collar painted vehicle ?
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This sounds like an interesting offer, i've sended you an private message Alex.
Hope to hear from you, Kind regards, Sjoerd van de Wal
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If you refer to the F8 for sale, you can contact the owner Niels Witten, his contact details are in the second picture. Regards, Hanno
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Thanks Hanno,
I saw it and sended him a email, thank you for mentioning. Who knows, this might be the truck i'm searching. Rgds. Sjoerd
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1943 Morris Commercial C8 4x4 GS 1939 Morris 8 E series staffcar (In Restoration) 1936 DKW RT98 1936 DKW SB200 Wehrmacht motorcycle (SOLD) 1959 DKW Hummel Type 113 moped (In Restoration) 1944 Canadian Generator/Chorehorse Pegasus Oldtimers, specialised in maintenance and repairs of pre1950 (military) oldtimers. |
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Sjoerd,
Hanno is correct. It's not my truck, but Niels Wittens. I just thought it was worth mentioning here that the truck was for sale...so I am only the messenger. good luck! Alex
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No problem offcourse,
I've contacted him directly and he replied to me with a price of €.12500,00, which in my opinion is a bit high. I've made him a offer, so i am waiting on his reply. Rgds. Sjoerd van de Wal
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1943 Morris Commercial C8 4x4 GS 1939 Morris 8 E series staffcar (In Restoration) 1936 DKW RT98 1936 DKW SB200 Wehrmacht motorcycle (SOLD) 1959 DKW Hummel Type 113 moped (In Restoration) 1944 Canadian Generator/Chorehorse Pegasus Oldtimers, specialised in maintenance and repairs of pre1950 (military) oldtimers. |
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What is a "lengthened short box"? ![]() HTH, Hanno ![]() ![]()
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It is a nice truck, and fully restored as far as I know. I cannot give you a valuation as you know "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "an object is worth what a fool will pay". Now let me state for the record this truck is a beaut and you are no fool! ![]() If you study the threads and pictures on this forum, you will notice relatively few Cab 11 and Cab 12 CMPs were used in NW Europe, and 8-cwt trucks were no longer used by frontline units. So chances this type of CMP was used in NW Europe are very slim. That's possibly why the owner painted it Light Stone, as the 8-cwt class of vehicle was extensively used during the desert war. In my opinion, if you paint over the Allied invasion star, one will have a very good representation of what this type of truck looked like during WW2. Plus it makes a nice change in seeing mainly olive drab vehicles at shows! HTH, Hanno
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Some short boxed trucks seemed to have been modified by streching the short box......there it is.....the "lengthened short box", As far as I know it's still not sure when this was done, why or by whom. Fact is that a number of trucks with these lengthened trucks survive in Canada. The lockers between box and cab were scrapped and fuel tanks moved to the sides of the frame rails. I think the current consensus is that the conversion was done by the army when the Wireless trucks became obsolete (15cwt's took over the wireless role) They lengthened the box for cargo use and to stretch the service life of the 8cwt's. So far I haven't seen any pics of these lenthened boxes in action in N-Africa or NWE which leads me to believe the conversion was done in the second half of WW2 for homeland use in Canada, but I have no evidence to back this up. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ght=lengthened http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8147 Alex
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Chevrolet C8 cab 11 FFW BSA Folding Bicycle Last edited by Alex van de Wetering; 11-10-13 at 21:40. |
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As this F8 is a Cab 12, it could originally have been fitted with the "long box", right? For me the question now is whether the replica box on the truck was copied from a "lengthened short box" or a "long box"? Regards, Hanno
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Alex Edit: Hier is a picture from the forum, showing David Moore's truck with 1b1 box "long box". ![]()
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Chevrolet C8 cab 11 FFW BSA Folding Bicycle Last edited by Alex van de Wetering; 12-10-13 at 12:21. |
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![]() For comparison, here's a picture of a proper "short box" 5307867525_a2b260eb08_o.jpg (source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarge_s...7525/lightbox/)
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