CGT chassis with full cab?
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Further to the enigmatic Ford "F22", it turns out possibly more FATs with peculiar cab/body combinations existed. The F22 is an FGT chassis less winch with a full No.13 Cab.
In Wheels & Tracks no.9, p.33, Bart Vanderveen shows a Canadian Chevrolet which "looks like a C15A with 20-in. wheels or possibly a CGT and is described as a 'Chevrolet 3-ton 4x4, 101-in. wb, Compressor, Modified'. The body is unmistakably British." It is unknown who built it and how many were made. The photo shows one in post-war use with the Netherlands Army. The photo comes from the Netherlands Institute for Military History. I have added a picture of a regular CGT for comparison. Attachment 108094 Attachment 108095 |
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mine is also based on a cgt
with a canadian body ? ( see picture ) but war or after war modification ? i don't know Attachment 108096 Attachment 108097 |
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Do the Ex-Portees count?
The NZ Army made postwar bodies for conversion to GS, 6pdr tow, and 17Pdr tow vehicles. Attachment 108105 Attachment 108106 Attachment 108107 |
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The tag shown in Didier's post is mounted with screws, most body serial tags I've seen were riveted. (There shouldn't be a need to remove and re-attach a serial number tag.)
Also, it shows 5W1A as the body type which was a GS body meant for use on 158-160 inch wheelbase CMP and MCP trucks. The 5W1 was a CKD GS body of bolted construction, 147" long, with wheelhouses. The 5W1A variant was designed for airportability, with the floor having a transverse split ahead of the wheelhouses. The inside height of the side panels is listed as 30". None of these characteristics seem to match the body on Didier's truck so my guess is that at some time an available (but not correct) tag was attached to the body. |
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I concur with Maurice, looks like a danish "troop carrier" conversion. If you look at the "flange" at the back of the cab.
Interesting to see that it has a square hatch and not the common Danish big round hole, but possibly it has not been fitted with .50 MG during its service. Attachment 108113 Attachment 108114 |
Chevrolet 3-ton 4x4, 101-in. wb, Compressor, Modified
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The one on top of this page has the same style of rear body, though that one is fitted with a full Cab 13, rather than the CGT cab blanked off as one the two pictured here. Who has more information about these conversions? If anything, they give today's restorers a rebuilding option for many of the CGT's surviving without the Gun Tractor body. H4217218: Attachment 115573 Attachment 115575 H4217239: Attachment 115571 Attachment 115572 Source: Army Numerical S874-S1439 Secret 2/3 (35mm) - North West Europe - Album 109 of 110 Dates(s) 1942/12/20-1944/11/26. "File consists of one album containing 87 pages covering the numerical range S-874-S1439, with gaps. Each page of contact sheets shows several Army Numerical series photographs. The photographs are arranged both numerically and (roughly) chronologically and depict Canadian Army operations in Northwest Europe during the Second World War. The print album was originally used for DND photo reference purposes and may show censor marks, and other notations. " |
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