Photos of an old abused veteran

[Keith Webb]

The story as far as I know with cab 12s here is we ordered Ford F60L cab 12s and these were assembled in Australia. The Chev cab 12s are the ones which came back from North Africa along with some very interesting other vehicles such as Guys, Fordsons and so on.
The way to pick an Australian delivery Ford cab 12 is ours all had a roof hatch.
The weakness in the cab 12 is not the windscreen frame but a piece of timber which joins the windscreen to the roof which fatigues.
As I have mentioned before what makes the Australian Chevrolet CMP unique is the fact the entire cab was built here.
Kiwi CMPs had locally made roof hatches but were otherwise direct Canadian versions and in most cases the rear bodies were locally made.
The most common cab 11 here (relatively speaking as there are very few) is the C8, although I have seen C30 (Max's) and F60L
As to what can be found in paddocks the most numerous will be cab 13, both Ford and Chev. The most common wheelbase is the 158" with the 101" next common. There were fewer 134" or 160" (C60X).
And depending where you find them you may be surprised at just how good they are, especially in the drier more remote areas of Australia. And there are still lots waiting to be discovered in farmers sheds across the country.
I'm sure I'll think of more soon...