Another (suspected) F22 found

[Lauren Child]

Tony,

I'm not saying that it isn't a possibility, just that it doesn't tie in with what I'm being told on this side of the pond.

At the end of the war a number of contracts were used to supply the staging for the allied invasion of Japan and Japanese held territories. When the war ended unexpectedly the supply ships were diverted, and it took a while to halt production. The surplus of vehicles were then made available for other countries to rebuild, and the newer "oddball" models were at the front of the queue as the Commonwealth armies began to consolidate and re standardise their fleet (the mixed manufacture and model of vehicles being a logistics nightmare in peacetime).

Somehow my vehicle ended up in a British army surplus auction over here sometime later where the garage bought her, so she must have been missed from this process. That's not unusual given how complex the process was (and possibly because she was deployed somewhere when her compatriots were packaged up, that would tie in with just post-war use somewhere hot and sandy). Alternatively she was painted up post war but never used, possibly as part of the whole process (maybe a trials vehicle?).

SCC15 is the late war British (and some of the Commonwealth) camo colour. I understand from a different thread that Australian vehicles had different colour schemes. The desert colour on top is a post-war colour.

[RichCam]

I have been wondering about my Cab 13 Ford CMP. I thought it was an F15A - no data plates - in the 43 or 44 vintage but it has the 20" rims and some other components that are bigger than the standard F15A. Could it be a F22 based on the other pictures in this thread? What would I be looking for to identify it as an F22?
Thanks, Richard

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by RichCam

I have been wondering about my Cab 13 Ford CMP. I thought it was an F15A - no data plates - in the 43 or 44 vintage but it has the 20" rims and some other components that are bigger than the standard F15A. Could it be a F22 based on the other pictures in this thread? What would I be looking for to identify it as an F22?

Richard,

Don't forget many many CMPs were rebuilt after the war and components were re-used over and over again. This means that your F15A could have been fitted with other axles, wheels, engines etc. after the originals wore out or when the owner converted his truck for other uses.

That said, please refer to my web-page http://www.geocities.ws/cmpvehicles/f22.html for the most comprehensive description of an "F22" (it wasn't an original designation) to date.
It basically was an FGT chassis without winch and a regular Cab 13 plus cargo box.

Please post some detail pictures of the chassis and axles so we can have a proper look.

Thanks,
Hanno

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Please post some detail pictures of the chassis and axles so we can have a proper look.

In particular we need to see the steering box and steering ends Richard. I recall this vehicle appearing on MLU some time ago, and I have a few saved images from that thread, but unfortunately none of them show these aspects.