CC60L Chevrolet Modified Conventional Trucks

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

There is a photo of the front of three trucks in the latest June issue of HERITAGE COMMERCIALS magazine, in an article written by yours truly! These were to contract S/M 2006 for 1941 Model CC60L G/S trucks, 1941 Model 1543x2. There were three varieties, all model 1543 but x1, x2 and x3:
160" w.b. x1 = DUAL REAR CIVILIAN WHEELS; x2 = SINGLE REAR MILITARY WHEELS; x3 = DUAL REAR CIVILIAN STYLE WHEELS.

I know of 1941, 1942 and 1945 Models, and some were demobbed and sold on the civilian market from say 1947 onwards.

There may be some official shots in the Imperial War Museum Kidbrooke series, as I know that there are some Ford 4 x 2 G/S trucks in there.

So far as I know there were no tractor conversions as they were 160 inch wheelbase, although it seems that there were a few GMC 1940 Model chassis converted. The job was taken up by either the few British order F60T Ford tractor+trailer combos, converted Fordson tugs, or Bedford-Scammell tractors. However, who knows what may have been the case elsewhere?