CMP truck wrecks in the North African desert

[Hanno Spoelstra]

And on the Ford F30:

"Diverging from our onward track we followed the convoy route, which proved to be a much easier way across the stony ground. After a dozen or so kilometres a dark speck appeared in the distance, and on approach it became clear that it was another abandoned CMP truck, this one was a Ford F30 with type 11 cab, the V8 engine still installed. We were amazed to find the dashboard practically intact, just as it was when it was last left here (the cylinder heads were removed, probably that was the fatal problem, common to the type in the convoy conditions). The truck also had the sand mat holders bolted on to the front fenders, a modification pioneered by the LRDG, but also adapted on SDF vehicles (other LRDG mods, such as the condenser tank, were absent).

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