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Old 04-12-05, 20:35
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Default CMP used as a farm truck

"Ex-WW2 Chevrolet 4x4 used as a farm truck in south Norfolk until the late 1960s."


Source: http://www.machinery.uk.com/interest.../chevrolet.htm
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Old 04-12-05, 22:19
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Back when I could throw those bags and load me old blitz, no grey hair those days.
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Old 04-12-05, 22:55
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Default 1949-50

Hanno, KAH xxx is spring 1949 onwards..it could have been registered in early 1950. Regrettably I do not have the rego and thus the serial # to hand. It was possibly refurbished and re-sold by General Motors Limited, Southampton although there were considerable numbers that were sold direct at auction or through dealers without any work done to them.
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Old 05-12-05, 00:03
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Hi Hanno
I was going to make a suggestion re ex military vehicles i had included the big boys in the heavyweight thread but still had nowhere to place other items. OK if we use this thread to place these items
To keep it rolling heres a CMP in Suffolk with a civvy body including greedy boards to carry more harvest
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Old 08-12-05, 17:02
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Hanno
ipresume we are going along with ex military in your thread so heres another
CMP 6x6 with over size mounted crane i think this is one of the Singapore cranes, must have been fun driving that around the city
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Old 23-12-05, 11:02
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Every one seems to be a bit slow on this thread so heres anotherto stir it up

ex military 3 ton chev as converted by Woolfendens of Liverpool to a mobile tower crane, the only stabilzers seem to be the original recovery ones
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Old 23-12-05, 14:19
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The truck might have been supplied and refurbished by Pearsons of Liverpool and then sold on for conversion.
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Old 23-12-05, 19:50
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I have many pics on the Old CMP site like these, here are a few examples:



A Chev converted to a forklift still in use...



A former Breakdown (aust) No.4 on a C60X chassis



Another C60X crane conversion



A C60L treefeller's crane



A Peters 5-ton crane on a CGT No9 - we believe this vehicle has just been located - stay tuned for more info. The above pic was taken at the end of the war.



A Ford conversion serving the Department of Civil Aviation in the 1950s
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Old 23-12-05, 23:02
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Hi David
This one was actually fabricated by Woolfendens themselves
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