C60L Danish Civil Defence (was: Odd CMP?????)
 

hope some of you, can help with this,

One of my freinds own a Chevy with the Vehicle model # C-60448-M-GS-11
what type of truck was that?????
it is fitted with a original winch.
it has been convereted it to fire truck by the danish Civil defence. The last picture is one like it.

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Well I dunno what it is BUT ........... I want it ! :thup2:

Thats is way too cool , almost looks like a a Unimog cab front , as the rounded corners look like a Mog, but the front looks like a monkeyface Blitz.

Mmmm ........... look forward to others who can fill in the pieces.

Thanks for sharing it .

C-60448-m-gs-11
 

It should be a 158"WB General Service truck. The 158" looks like it could be correct, but as pointed out it has been completely rebodied for a better fit to their planned use. I assume you have also noticed that the main data tag has an added plate on top of the main plate for chassis number and engine number, presumably added at rebuild time (it matches the added plate for motor nr.) The winch is more common on special purpose trucks such as the FAT, Winch, Derrick or Engineers bodies, but other GS trucks have shown up with winches that appear original.

HUP on steroid....
 

That is what I call a family size HUP...........

Rob should we consider building one like it for our long distance recoveries.... we could even sleep in it.....

Wonder how much the long body would twist in cross country situations.

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Bob C.

alright thanks, I am fairly sure that its the same lenght as a normal c60l as there is one parked in front of it.
So It has just been a standart flat bed lorry fittet with winch. it was the M in the Vehicle model # C-60448-M-GS-11, that had me thinking that it might have been somthing like a machinery version.
the reason for the missing front bumper is that the owner is using it on his CGT.
We are thinking of modifying the rear, so that it can be used for sleeping in, with out changing the body on it.

S/m 2681
 

That is a new British Ministry of Supply Demand on me! It must have been a 1943 contract, and for Australian delivery. I always hope that I will find more unknown Aussie S/M contracts, but usually they are Ford ones.

I once had the same vehicle , but it had the plates in that it was en ex 6 pr portee. Still have the plates somewhere . I used it for radiator engine and gearbox for my FAT . gear box was well worn from non expierenced drivers. gears totally gone bearings almost new.

Hi Maurice
That sound very interesting, because I have never heard of the army using portees.
but the army only had the 6 pdr for a short time so the portees might have been among the first trucks that where convered for the civil defence. do you have a picture of it and where it also fitted with winche?
cheers

It had no winch ,and the chassis is still alive , it is for sale at Dirk leegwater , look at his site . it had rectangular cluster dash . Body was the same as on pictures . with crew seats behind driver , and plenty storage room in the back , also had german WW2 style rear lights . Somewhere there is a picture of it at home, also somewhere in wheels and tracks.

the rear lights proberly wher german. there was a huge amount of them left in denmark after the war, same goes for the notek lights. so the army used them one there vehicles post war. they are also on my Scammell

Brandudrykningsvogn
 

Here is a link to another survivor, courtesy of Niels: http://www.beredskabsstyrelsens-biler.dk/17898849
I think this is the same example: http://www.historical-fire-engines.c...?image_id=1272

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An automated translation learns this is a hose tender truck for the Danish Civil Defence forces ("Civilforsvaret", or C.F.). They were know as "Brandudrykningsvogn" or Fire emergency truck. Seating 1 driver plus 9 firefighters. The vehicles were purchased used after the war and rebuilt in Denmark by I/S Karofa, who converted 36 of them. They were in service from 1978 till 1982.

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You would want somethinglike this for the back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7iQd4ro4J0

"Unboxing Danish Civil Defense Backpack Tool Kit" - great, it even has a British pattern entrenching tool.

These where a two part set, normally these where laying in storage at different distribution points in case of an national emergency.
Yes CF had piles of entrenching tools, easily identified by an additional CF stamp.