France, 1978

Keith Webb · #1 29-01-05, 22:40

An interesting conversion of a Dodge to try to beat the weather...

And another conversion with the same idea.

Source

Bill Murray · #2 30-01-05, 00:30

The Swedish version.
The colour photos were taken by me at a Government Surplus Yard just outside Gothenburg in the period 1974-1976. The b&w pic is courtesy of Sven Bengtson of the same city.

Bill Murray · #3 30-01-05, 00:35

Dodge

Bill Murray · #4 30-01-05, 00:47

And another

Bill Murray · #5 30-01-05, 01:56

Swedish Brockway. Little off topic but a nice pic.
Bill

Keith Webb · #6 30-01-05, 02:03

Having experienced part of two Canadian winters (yes, I know it gets colder than that) I can understand the need for cabs just to make the vehicles usable under those conditions.
Even though you Canadians generally don't take your CMPs out when there's salt on the roads I remember someone (was it Phil Waterman) talking about how cold it is in a CMP in the dead of winter.
Our winters here are so relatively mild the engine is enough to create a bit of warmth in the cab, especially a jet of warm air from around the handbrake in a Ford.
Great pics, Bill.

Hanno Spoelstra · #7 05-02-05, 23:07

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Originally posted by Keith Webb
And another conversion with the same idea.

With part of a Renault 4 grafted on, indeed. I remember seeing many Dodges as tow trucks in the 1980s and 1990s in France (no, I wasn't driving a VW Kombi nor was I wearing long hair

). The last decade they seem to have all been replaced by Toyota Land Cruisers and the like.

H.