Chevrolet 1533X2 30-cwt trucks

[Kuno]

Again this mix of endless versions as I remember it from another post...

My statement to the LRDG Chevs is like this:

A) The one shown above which is preserved in the IWM is not a WB but a WA which was purchased & modified in Egypt.

B) The trucks LRDG T.Patrol used at "Jebel Sherif" were WA as well but some were flat-cowl and others with the removed windscreen. As I recall some were taken over from the Egyptian army and others transformed civillian trucks.

C) The later 1533X2 were at first locally "transformed"; then came the phase where they used the CMP Fords until they received new 1533X2 which were then built as per "LRDG Specification". I remember at least one picture showing them somewhere in Egypt with the same windshield and tires as in Cletrac's factory-shots.