C60L Danish Civil Defence (was: Odd CMP?????)

[Grant Bowker]

It should be a 158"WB General Service truck. The 158" looks like it could be correct, but as pointed out it has been completely rebodied for a better fit to their planned use. I assume you have also noticed that the main data tag has an added plate on top of the main plate for chassis number and engine number, presumably added at rebuild time (it matches the added plate for motor nr.) The winch is more common on special purpose trucks such as the FAT, Winch, Derrick or Engineers bodies, but other GS trucks have shown up with winches that appear original.

[Bob Carriere]

That is what I call a family size HUP...........

Rob should we consider building one like it for our long distance recoveries.... we could even sleep in it.....

Wonder how much the long body would twist in cross country situations.

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Bob C.

[Niels V]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

It should be a 158"WB General Service truck. The 158" looks like it could be correct, but as pointed out it has been completely rebodied for a better fit to their planned use. I assume you have also noticed that the main data tag has an added plate on top of the main plate for chassis number and engine number, presumably added at rebuild time (it matches the added plate for motor nr.) The winch is more common on special purpose trucks such as the FAT, Winch, Derrick or Engineers bodies, but other GS trucks have shown up with winches that appear original.

alright thanks, I am fairly sure that its the same lenght as a normal c60l as there is one parked in front of it.
So It has just been a standart flat bed lorry fittet with winch. it was the M in the Vehicle model # C-60448-M-GS-11, that had me thinking that it might have been somthing like a machinery version.
the reason for the missing front bumper is that the owner is using it on his CGT.
We are thinking of modifying the rear, so that it can be used for sleeping in, with out changing the body on it.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

That is a new British Ministry of Supply Demand on me! It must have been a 1943 contract, and for Australian delivery. I always hope that I will find more unknown Aussie S/M contracts, but usually they are Ford ones.

[Maurice Donckers]

I once had the same vehicle , but it had the plates in that it was en ex 6 pr portee. Still have the plates somewhere . I used it for radiator engine and gearbox for my FAT . gear box was well worn from non expierenced drivers. gears totally gone bearings almost new.

[Niels V]

Hi Maurice
That sound very interesting, because I have never heard of the army using portees.
but the army only had the 6 pdr for a short time so the portees might have been among the first trucks that where convered for the civil defence. do you have a picture of it and where it also fitted with winche?
cheers

[Maurice Donckers]

It had no winch ,and the chassis is still alive , it is for sale at Dirk leegwater , look at his site . it had rectangular cluster dash . Body was the same as on pictures . with crew seats behind driver , and plenty storage room in the back , also had german WW2 style rear lights . Somewhere there is a picture of it at home, also somewhere in wheels and tracks.

[Niels V]

the rear lights proberly wher german. there was a huge amount of them left in denmark after the war, same goes for the notek lights. so the army used them one there vehicles post war. they are also on my Scammell