[Mike K]

I suspected it may have been assembled in Egypt with a locally built cab and bodywork .

I have seen a pic of a Ford with the same cab .

Yes , the pics Tony posted show the same stud pattern and wheels on the LRDG vehicles , so that matches up with David;s info .

Anyway , what a great looking beast it is . Pity those hubs and wheels are such a oddity , otherwise a replica would be fairly easy to make up .

Yes , I saw the tanker version in Barts book some years ago . It is a 39 I think and not a 40 as I thought , the top of the grill has the narrow section .

Those fold down aero screens on some of the LRDG chevs look very much like they were pilfered from a 15 cwt Bedford or Morris and fitted in ad hoc fashion .

Mike