FWD Su-Coe Gun Tractor | SM2018 | chassis 61132

[David Dunlop]

Mel.

Lovely big rigs but far more than I could ever handle on my own. The scrappers had the bodies off both trucks and destroyed in the first 24 hours of their arrival. They were not interested in selling the cab and chassis assemblies with the winches still attached and pulled them for separate sale, Once cab and chassis was sold to a local chap who tossed the cab and mounted a 1940's panel delivery van body on it to build a 'Mud Truck'. The other FWD disappeared from the scrap yard a couple of weeks later.

For what it is worth, FWD was an independent operation in England in the inter war years and in some way or another merged with/became AEC in the 1930's.

Back in the 1980's or 90's here in Canada, I think there was a fully restored FWD Gun Tractor somewhere in the British Columbia area of Canada. Might have been on Vancouver Island. Don't know whatever became of it.


David

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

The best FWD cab over I ever saw was one painted yellow with a de Havilland logo on the doors. It was a wrecker that had been used at the aircraft plant during the war and must have seen little use, and most of that indoors. Sadly, it has perished over the years.

[Melvyn Bean]

A few more pictures. Still fitted with 3 wartime dated tyres!!