Hey all,

Here are some pics of today, Dirk is helping with an old tool to get Barry's generator in place.

The generator might not be correct, but this one got quite some history, maybe Barry can tell us more about it.

One more, that's it for today!

Cheers,

Stefan

Thanks guys, the nice part of the F60H restoring is starting now I guess.
This morning playing in the snow for Stefan (no Barry, not in Castleton).
10 cm snow is for us in Broek op Langedijk a lot, for you guys on the
other side of the pond, maybe nothing ?

Dirk

The first picture of the F60H is taken during my first visit to Canada in 1989.
The other two pics a couple of years later. Lots of memory's when I walk around
over the yard from the Elliott brothers, George and Don in Newtonville.
I know the yard is almost "empty" but the coffee is always fress for our Dutch guys.

Dirk

Before pictures
 

Dirk - thanks for posting the "before" pictures. You and Stefan have done an amazing job restoring a very early and rare CMP. :note: I am sure if you had not rescued it a few years ago it would have gone to scrap by now and be lost forever. :cheers:

Fantastic resto...
 

Beautiful job Dirk. Must be one of the earliest C60X that has survived.... did it have original ID tags??


Was the truck actually driven with 16 in. tires by the Elliott crew or was is just used for moving it around in the yard???

Would love to see some close up pictures of that Generator you installed.

Bob C.

Bob it's a F60H :fry:

Bob, When I find the support group for recovering Chevrolet addicts I will let you know. (remember, your daily driver is a Ford)
Until then I hope everyone can understand and help you in your illness.

When I saw the generator, it reminded me of the one you got from Jim Fraser. (I think we decided the one from Jim is a Homelite HRH-28, originally for use in M3 medium tanks, possibly other later tanks too?)

Blaaahhhh !!!
 

I got ferr fur... furd ...... Ford in my mouth. Bllaaahhhh !!!!

Grant....so is that a charging board we can see ....or is it a whatchevyUkallit ????

Now where did I leave my white cane...

PS....Just noticed it has charming GM (Chebby) axles...... I was only partly wrong !!! or partly right.

You right Bob, the early Ford/Holmes 6x4 Wreckers,
have used the 16 " tyres. Search: Bart Vanderveen.

F60H Wrecker markings
 

Hi all,

I wonder if someone can help me for getting the right Canadian markings and WD number on our F60H wrecker cab 11 truck.

I found a war time picture from an F60H workshop truck in the Ommen region (from the town website), but no luck sofar for a wrecker pic. (cab 11 6x4)

Thanks,

Stefan

Beste Stefan
There are others on this forum with much more knowledge on this subject than me but I would guess that you would want RCEME (Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers}markings. They were formed from the Service Corps in 1944 and I presume you want to portray NW Europe. I am not sure how the light aid detachments fit in perhaps Mark or someone can fill us in on those details. I have not been able to get any more info on the photos of the wrecker with Janet's uncle. Too many people have passed on.
I did find out he finished the war in Staghounds. I will keep digging.
Mvg,
Barry

Hey Barry,

Thanks, yes it is too bad that the guys from those days are not so much around anymore, but RCEME was indeed an option,

Cheers,

Stefan

Stefan,

I spent quite some time over the past years looking for vehicle pictures in Dutch online archives and allthough I found quite a number of pics of Monkey faces, I am very surprised you found a pic of an F60H in Holland...well done!
I imagine finding a pic of an F60H wrecker would be the holy grail. And although you never know for sure, I think your best bet would be to "copy" the AoS of a Diamond T wrecker, or maybe an C60S wrecker. That does leave you with the census number though....

Alex

Hey Alex,

Thanks for your reply,

Did you see the F60H in the shop yesterday?

Ciao,

Stefan

I sure did. It looks awesome! RCEME it is....well done.

The Diamond T pictures I dropped off at Dirk were a bit late, but maybe they give you some ideas for details....like the logs that some Canadian Diamond wreckers carried on the booms. And maybe white bands on the bumper?

Alex

p.s. Fitted the brass brake block from Dirk today. Will post some pics soon.

F60H restoration ended
 

Hi All,

Today , at last, the last bolt was attached to this project.

I am a proud owner of this magnificent good looking piece of Canadian built equipment.

Enjoy the pictures!

Cheers from a chilly Holland.

Stefan Leegwater

Excellent, Stefan, well done! :thup2:

Looks great, hope to see it in the metal soon.

Hanno

Hey Hanno,

Thanks!!! The coffee will be ready when we meet, will be great to meet again!

Cheers,

Stefan

Job Well Done
 

Hi Stefan

What more can be said, Job Well Done. Great photos of a rare truck, now I'll have to go back and find the first pictures you posted of it.

Cheers Phil

Magnificent!!
 

What a superb looking truck :thup2:

Full marks from me...

Stefan you have done a fantastic job of the old girl. :thup2:

Congratulations
 

Hi Stefan,

Wow! Well done !! :thup2: It is so great to see a rare truck like this be so nicely restored.

Any chance it will be seen in Normandy at D Day next year ?


Brian

As a former EME mechanic, I adore the truck. Just gorgeous.

Have to wonder about the crate of demolition charges next to the gas cans though. :)

Great work, it looks fantastic! :thup2:

DOUBLE DITTO from me. Very, very nice job on such a nice (and possibly rare vehicle?) Don't know much about CMP '6by' wrecker survivors: are there many around? Looks magnificent!

Mike C

To save you the bother I merged all threads re. this restoration into a single one. So you can go back through this thread to see the remarkable transformation from wreck to wrecker!

H.

Thanks all for the kind words,

Now time for a Heineken or two......

Cheers!

Stefan