lrdg pilot car bed

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Scott Cacciamani

I never noticed it before. No clue maybe a trailer bed? The Ford bed is pretty strong don't know why they would go to all that trouble.

These were not US made vehicles. They were made in Canada, assembled in the UK and shipped to Egypt for the commercial market there.

So fitting a US made bed would actually be going to a lot of unnecessary trouble.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

. They were made in Canada, assembled in the UK and shipped to Egypt for the commercial market there.

So fitting a US made bed would actually be going to a lot of unnecessary trouble.

I agree with Tony, I think you are barking up the wrong tree looking at US style pickup bodies as a reference. Some Canadian made military vehicle CKD kits were shipped directly to Egypt from Canada and assembled in Egypt. In that case these kits would have been purchased through British orders. From memory the T212 Dodge was one such case.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I agree with Tony, I think you are barking up the wrong tree looking at US style pickup bodies as a reference. Some Canadian made military vehicle CKD kits were shipped directly to Egypt from Canada and assembled in Egypt. In that case these kits would have been purchased through British orders. From memory the T212 Dodge was one such case.

Except that they were not made to military spec and orders - see Tony’s remark above. So it must have been some sort of standard civilian bed, either of North American (US and Canada) or local origin. But it has lots of features pointing towards a pickup bed, IMHO