Known British Ford S/M Contracts

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The frame assembly has part no A01T 5005 CS, indicating the basis was a 1940 134" wb 1½ Ton Truck. Would "A" indicate Australian design, just as "C" indicates Canadian design?

1. I asked some time back whether Austrlian Fords used 'A' prefixes in common with the rest of the Ford empire, save for Dearborn etc of course! No reply in the affirmative save for this bit of evidence!

2. The Mark II appears to be too early for S/M 2606 except that it could have been an earlier S/M Contract! The Mark III would appear to be about the right time-scale, though I may be wrong, and you answered my query about w.b.: if the Dingo used a shortened chassis the Mark III could have done so post-Windsor assembly or supply.

Also I made the correct personal assumption that there was no reference to a cab in the Parts List and therefore the supply was a rolling chassis of sorts. Is there no reference to a Ford of Canada Model Number? I would assume not if it was basically a C29T 'kit of parts'. [As an aside a Dagenham-assembled version would have become an 'EC29T' reflecting local assembly of the CKD kit. I have no idea whether Port Elizabeth, SA, Plant used 'S' as a prefix, or 'Z'].

May I just add here as well:

In the Mark IVF, the automotive components from the Canadian Ford F60L 4 wheel drive 3 ton lorry chassis were used. Apparently, the automotive components were stripped from F60L that were diverted to South Africa from British War Office orders destined for the Middle East. These were then directly mounted on the armour chassis as in the Mark IVF.

These F60L trucks would have had an S/M Contract reference, for delivery to Egypt, but the fact that they were diverted to Port Elizabeth would not have negatived their Ministry of Supply Contract which would be on the packing crates and also on the Ford of Canada build plate.

What Ford chassis did the Mark IV use as it was rear-engined?