any info on FWD's???

[gordon]

There's a lot of similar stuff going about as chassis / cabs.

Many of the FWD's started off as snow-blowers, so they had short heavy chassis and no front bumpers to talk of.

In your position finding or manufacturing / altering a suitable wooden cargo body would be the thing. Cab would have to be made too as anything you can find will be in the same state as yours, unless it is mint / restored and expensive - which rather defeats the point.

First step would be to find other people with the same truck, and that might be where MLU could help - of course you don't really say where "up north" is.
North of England, North of Scotland, North of New Zealand, and so on.

GWB, site-maintainer extraordinaire, prefers real names too so we know who we are talking to...

Gordon , in Newcastle-upon-Tyne today

[Mike Timoshyk]

Hi Jenny

Is this what you are talking about?



Mike Timoshyk in cool cloudy Windsor Ontario....snow tomorrow

[Jenny Rator]

Originally Posted by Mike Timoshyk

Hi Jenny

Is this what you are talking about?



Mike Timoshyk in cool cloudy Windsor Ontario....snow tomorrow

no, that looks too old. Ours is a bit more like this:



although everything from/including the windscreen back the way is missing.
It used to live in a poly tunnel until a few years ago, when it was moved outdoors.

(We dont have any pics of ours the now, as our cameras playing up)

[Alex van de Wetering]

Jenny,

It sounds like forum-member Ben Rippingham might be able to help you out. Have a look here:

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1341

Alex

[gordon]

.... it tells us a lot.

It looks like your trucks started off as a cargo truck with winch, and it looks to have the original winch and front bumper - although it's fairly similar to the same parts of a halftrack so can't be sure.

If it was an open cab cargo truck then all you are really missing is a wooden cargo body at the back and some work, which is a big improvement on where I thought you were.

You might keep an eye open for any old wooden council MACK bodies that are around, as I think they would be easiest to adapt to the back of your truck.

Gordon

[Jenny Rator]

Originally Posted by gordon

.... it tells us a lot.

It looks like your trucks started off as a cargo truck with winch, and it looks to have the original winch and front bumper - although it's fairly similar to the same parts of a halftrack so can't be sure.

I should say its not our photo, its one i knicked from the net, but ours is something similar. There appears to be no front bumper on ours. If we could find a plate with details on it, would this help? I think you find them on chassais, dont you?

Originally Posted by gordon

If it was an open cab cargo truck then all you are really missing is a wooden cargo body at the back and some work, which is a big improvement on where I thought you were.

You might keep an eye open for any old wooden council MACK bodies that are around, as I think they would be easiest to adapt to the back of your truck.

Gordon

How could we tell if its been cargo or not?

[gordon]

Well if yours has no front bumper it might have started off as a snow blower.

There would originally have been a plate on the dash, the chassis will just have a stamped number on it somewhere.

You need a cargo body and a front end then.

Gordon

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jenny Rator

although everything from/including the windscreen back the way is missing.

Hi Jenny,

I think the open cab is much like the GMC CCKW-series. Should be possible to find an open GMC cab. I believe a Half-Track bumper fits as well.

Good luck with your restoration!

Hanno

[Mike K]

MLUers : Jenny's real name is Alison ..... C'mon Alison .... we will still like you if you ' come out '. You have been caught .

How many HAR-1's are there Nth of Hadrians wall ?

Mike

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

MLUers : Jenny's real name is Alison ..... C'mon Alison .... we will still like you if you ' come out '. You have been caught .

Great detective work, Mike! (S)he's a.k.a. "alison_berrie" on the HMVF Forum.

Jenny/Alison, please step forward and rectify this. Otherwise you will be banned from this forum. It puts the PM's you sent me yesterday in a completely different light, doesn't it?!?

Hanno
MLU Forum Moderator

[Jenny Rator]

Like I said in a PM, alison is my proper name, but Jenny Rator is my normal Log-in on forums.
Whilst we are at it, GMC is my Dad and Sister (they share a PC at the mo)


Happy now???

[Jenny Rator]

Originally Posted by gordon

There's a lot of similar stuff going about as chassis / cabs.

Many of the FWD's started off as snow-blowers, so they had short heavy chassis and no front bumpers to talk of.

In your position finding or manufacturing / altering a suitable wooden cargo body would be the thing. Cab would have to be made too as anything you can find will be in the same state as yours, unless it is mint / restored and expensive - which rather defeats the point.

First step would be to find other people with the same truck, and that might be where MLU could help

Ok. Didnt know they tended to start off as snowblowers, thats quite interesting! Did they make anything else for use during the war, or just snowblowers? Do you know where they were built, or how many were made? How old do you think it is?

Originally Posted by gordon

GWB, site-maintainer extraordinaire, prefers real names too so we know who we are talking to...

Ok, I'll alter it a bit