Lindsay Steel Body Construction

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/w/wils...tor_bodies.htm

This link is interesting an provided me further info to search further. Just typing "Lindsay body" in Google get you endless hits, but these have not much to do wit the subject here.

It seems the correct designation is Lindsay Structure, being a method of constructing all-steel vehicle bodies, which could be manufactured by various firms. One is Toronto's Wilson Motor Body / The Wilson Motor Bodies, as featured in the link above.

No pictures of CMPs with Lindsay type bodies, but a reference is there:

Wilson Motor Bodies eventually relocated to larger quarters located at 1153 Queen Street West (at Abell), and when Canada started preparing for Great Britain’s entry into the Second World War, they received numerous government contracts, of which several included the manufacture of truck cabs and service bodies for CMP military vehicles supplied to Britain within the Lend-Lease program.

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An article in a 1945 issue of Roads and Bridges announced the firm’s plans for post-war production:

“Mr. Shanahan at the same time announced that his company are now starting production for civilian use of the Lindsay Structure all-steel sectional bodies for truck and truck trailer chassis, ....

“During the past few years Wilson Motor Bodies Ltd. have manufactured a large number of Lindsay Structure bodies for army trucks, but are just completing the first units ever offered in Canada for civilian use. This body, says Mr. Shanahan, offers particular advantages for rapid and inexpensive repairs, as the panels ate bolted in place and can be easily removed or replaced.

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