Canvas doors

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

158" types, many post 1944

Were there really so many Keith? In my own travels I've seen very few, in fact at present I can only bring to mind four examples, three C60L and one F60L. As opposed to the ubiquitous late production 60S, of which I can bring to mind dozens and dozens, particularly Fords.

Interestingly though I can bring to mind several late production F60L with coach built cabs, and it only now occurs to me there may be a tie in here with our late production FGT chassis overhead cranes of recent discussion, which all have a fabricated rear cab and roof, and all but one have a fabricated windscreen frame. It's as if there was a shortage of these panels late in the war, or perhaps they were built post war...? Do we have any explanation for the coach built cabs? If so it may apply to the FGT/F22 vehicles under discussion as well.

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[Keith Webb]

You're right, when I think about it, it was more the medium wheelbase types which ties in with Mike's comment about specialist CMPs which were being buit by that stage.
Will have to go through my pics in more detail to see which ones I have found.
The coach built cabs are quite interesting, possibly due to one or a series of post-war contracts for large civvy fleets. The PMG coach built twin cabs are an interesting example of that.
Shame we didn't do more of the fabulous conversions done by other countries, notably the Dutch.