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Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler
Just to update this old thread - the vehicle pictured in Hanno's old post at Beltring 2003 was also an Indian Pattern FAT originally, presumably identical to the one above except for the winch.
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Another likely F22 candidate yet to be fully investigated is the vehicle below - do we have any more photos/info on this vehicle?
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Tony,
I know you have given the Indian Pattern FATs and F22 a lot of thought. But, the above two CMPs are what is commonly referred to as an "F22". More specifically, these are C291Q.L-W. chassis with full cabs, i.e. winch-less Ford FGT FAT chassis with No. 13 Cabs and GS bodies.
The first one is
chassis serial no. CK-236140, first restored by Brian Nunn and now owned by forum member Lauren Child. The second one is owned by forum member Maurice Donckers. Both can be seen on my webpage with F22 survivors:
http://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/f22_reg.html
Indian Pattern FATs are based on Ford FGT and Chevrolet CGT chassis/cowls, and were fitted with wooden bodies built locally in India, and had open cabs fitted with a canvas roof rather than a full No. 13 Cab. I think we should keep the full cab winchless FGT apart from the Indian Pattern CGT and FGT.
I apologize for muddling the water by posting pictures of short wheelbase CMPs (Chevrolets even!) on 20" rims in this thread - my bad
Hanno