3-ton GS body mounted flush with rear of chassis frame?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hanno,

Attached picture shows up in the NIMH archive; "Chevrolet C60L 3-tons 4x4-accumagazijnauto" (battery storage truck). I presume this is the 5F body. The spare wheel is more in line with the GS bodies fitted to the Dodge D60L, which also had the spare tyre under the right front corner of the body, presumably because of the longer civvy cab, when compared to the cab 11/12/13 cabs.

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source: https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...%22Foto%27s%22


Regarding the normal GS body and the long wheel wells and two positions.....
I seem to remember there was a description about this one of Bill Gregg's publications(?)........ and it had to do with the style of tyres; If a truck was fitted with Run Flat tyres, no spare was needed and the body could be mounted behind the cab directly. If it had normal tyres, the body could be mounted backwards leaving room for a spare tyre carrier behind the cab.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Attached picture shows up in the NIMH archive; "Chevrolet C60L 3-tons 4x4-accumagazijnauto" (battery storage truck). I presume this is the 5F body. The spare wheel is more in line with the GS bodies fitted to the Dodge D60L, which also had the spare tyre under the right front corner of the body, presumably because of the longer civvy cab, when compared to the cab 11/12/13 cabs.

The body in the battery storage truck is a flat floor 5E-series by the look of it, generally fitted to 4x2 trucks like you noted.

12ft flat floor body 5E3.jpg

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

The body in the battery storage truck is a flat floor 5E-series by the look of it, generally fitted to 4x2 trucks like you noted.

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That drawing looks spot on, Hanno, so I agree....the NIMH picture shows a 5E body.