Unusual desert (Indian?) Chevrolet

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The peculiar needs of Near East's territory were met by mounting " sand tires" on special wheels developed for Chevrolet commercial and truck chassis and by widening front-axle treads so that rear wheels would track, permitting efficient steering despite the low pressures stipulated for the new-type tires. Satisfactory engine cooling was attained through heavy-duty raditators wityh condensing tanks and six-balde fans, and the canvas-covered bodies provided were simple adaptations of the prairie-schooner design. The three-man cabs were buiot high enough to accommodate military drivers in pith or steel helmets and designed to permit firing from apertures in gthe roofs or over lowered windshields.

By the end of 1940 the plant was leased to the British Army and trained workmen carried on work for the Army under a GM executive.