CMP Diesel Conversions???

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here's a C60L with Perkins diesel engine, might be worthwile for you to check out:
Chevrolet CMP 4X4 WW 2 Truck. Item number: 280205826673

Chevrolet CMP 4x4 1942 ?. This Truck Needs Total Restoration ( But Not For The Faint Hearted ) or would be useful for spares . Also it is fitted with a Perkins P6 Diesel Engine. I Do Not Have The Original Petrol Engine.

There is a Old Type Log Book, (V5). Reg No. LPH 302, date of first registration is 1947 when it was sold in Auction after the war. The wheels fitted on the truck at the moment are not the correct ones, The Correct ones are on a pallet shown in the pictures.

As far as i can work out the truck is about 1942.

Please Phone 01264 323629 or mail me if you have any questions. Thanks John.

Please Note. This is Cash On Collection

[james walker]

I met a guy in Alice Springs in 1996 who was working as a mobile diesel mechanic. He had a Chevy Blitz as his workshop with an Isuzu diesel conversion in it. I think it had the Isuzu gear box attatched as well.

Nice vehicle, painted white, complete with winch. no more info to hand.

James

[BEN-RIPPINGHAM]

Well i've narrowed it down to either:

* Perkins 4236 + 5 speed box
* Perkins 6247 + 5 speed box

Both engines were fitted to dodge 50's so are cheap and readily available. I've heard that the 6247 has less torque than the 4236 and has a non-to-reliable pump as well as hard to find parts? So perhaps better off with the slighty less smooth but more relable 4 cylinder (Phazor) 4236 engine.

Any further thoughts folks???

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Ben a few years back I fitted a 4 cylinder perkins(Phaser) from an ex electric board Dodge into a 1956 Volvo Sugga...its still running well !regards malcolm

[gjamo]

Have a look at Nissan's TD42 ,5 speed box and the transfer case from a Patrol or Safari.

[BEN-RIPPINGHAM]

thats reasuring then, looks as though the phasor engine through buying a cheap dodge 50 is the way forward.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's a C60L with Perkins diesel engine, might be worthwile for you to check out:
Chevrolet CMP 4X4 WW 2 Truck. Item number: 280205826673

Sold for £350.00 to "amacck".

H.

[sth65pac]

Ben

Here in good old Oz we have a LOT of 1970's Landcruisers. They have a very suitable diesel engine for CMPS. A history lesson shows that Toyota 'borrowed' many ideas from the Chev in Line 6.

You might consider a 70's Landcruiser engine. I am fairly sure that the bellhousing is the same (surprise, surprise) as a CMP. In fact I know of a member who had a Petrol Landy engine in a C60S, & it was a powerful beasty!

They (landcruisers) were available here in both Diesel and Petrol depending on your taste.
A bit cheaper than a Nissan TD42. So Ben you are on the right track!

Ian

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by sth65pac

You might consider a 70's Landcruiser engine. I am fairly sure that the bellhousing is the same (surprise, surprise) as a CMP. In fact I know of a member who had a Petrol Landy engine in a C60S, & it was a powerful beasty!

Not only that, but it's available if anyone is interested in a 'powerful' C60S with winch. Give me a PM for details.

[BEN-RIPPINGHAM]

Thanks Ian,

I've already decieded to go with a perkins phasor/5-speed box straight from a dodge 50 as both cheap and plentyfull just like 70s landcruisers over there in oz by the sounds of it.

After a brief 'measure up' it looks as though this set up will fit straight in place of the original lump and enable me to have a reasonably original and un-butchered truck which is twice as reliable and economical!!!

regards

ben.