Chevrolet Truck ID Required

[Mike K]

Bob,

I will see you at Corowa , if my 20 year old car makes it there .

OK , I believe GMH had the Indian ambulance bodies contracted out to a outside firm , possibly in Melbourne or Adelaide . I have some pics of one being built , the company name is in the corner .

As far as I know none of these bodies have survived intact on the MCP chassis', as you can imagine , being made from wood and doped canvas , the bodies just literally fell apart in then harsh aussie climate . Your club members find is indeed rare . Making up a replica body will be nigh on impossible as none survive . I think the CMP based ones will be quite different , being made late WW2 .

With respect to Mr Wolfes vehicle , it can only be described as a mock up, GMH never built anything like it , the wheels look like 16" CMP , the rear body is completely wrong . I am not sure what it is supposed to represent . The GMH MCP light trucks had a ute type body fitted .

I will try to post some pics here of the Indain body under construction . Note the body builders name in the corner .

Another interesting thing , these Indian amb bodies were also built on the Inter D type and Dodge 1939-40 model 1 ton chassis .
The normal chassis used was the 1940-41 Chev and Ford 30 cwt , fitted with the 9.00-18 rims/ tyres , as with your example .

Mike