Early CMP Backbody help

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Nigel Watson

My question is, was there an early backbody that incorporated timber for the CMP that I can use with the structure from the old body?

Nigel,

Not sure if you are still looking for info on wooden bodies. Cannot think of a suitable composite steel/wooden body for you to copy, but in India and most likely other countries where (semi-)knocked down CMP chassis/cabs were assembled, various types of wooden bodies were manufactured. See this thread for a picture of a Ford F60L Cab 12 with a wooden body somewhere in North Africa:



HTH,
Hanno

[Ron Pier]

Nigel, I have had bellied panels on several vehicles shrunk back by a panel beater guy here in Poole. He uses a gas welding torch and hammer and dolly.
I have helped him do it on numerous occasions by wielding the torch. There must be similar skills oop there moon. Ron