Question, LRDG Ford F30 cab. 13

[Niels V]

I have found a load of documents.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...+LRDG+material
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...+LRDG+material
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...+LRDG+meterial
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...+LRDG+material
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...+-+August+1940
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...hicle+material

From this it is very clear that the vehicles got a real beating, and that the Fords suffered, but also that they where looking at strapping a Light tank Mk VI to a Mack 10 tonner
Sadly no mention of 30cwt chevrolets.
Possibly yes it could be regular 3 tonners, to me the wheels just seem smaller (= 16inch) and the overall lenght shorter than a F60

[Kuno]

The initial photo was taken in front of an Italian roadhouse along the Via Balbia (The coastal road in Libya). I have never seen a photo of the LRDG using such CMP Chevrolets - but there is a wreck of such truck in the desert of Egypt which I consider not to have been used as a normal transport truck since it has two MG-mountings on the sides of its back. It may have been used by the SAS or Commandos - but I cannot provide an evidence for that.

[Niels V]

Hi Kuno
Do you by any chance have a picture of the truck in Egypt?
Cheers

[Kuno]

Not the best one at hand right now - the MG mountings can be seen in the rear third of the back:

[Kuno]

A much better example is the truck once found in the desert and then unfortunately brought over to the museum at el-Alamein. when it was found, it was nearly in "mint" status with even the explosives still packed on the back - now it is just "painted" over every second year with thick a green, grey or brown layer of primer: