3 Ton Derrick

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by serge

Your are right when you say that DERRICK body was only put on the FORD CANADA F60S. My explanation of these «*anomalie*» is that I think that some F60S LAAT and C60S LAAT were rebuild the same area or shed and that a body of F60S DERRICK was put on a C60S like this method was used after the war when DODGE WC were rebuild in GERMANY (mixed of front end and body).

Bonjour Serge,

That could indeed be the case. According to the Clive Law's "Drive to Victory" of the F60S-DRCK "503 complete vehicles delivered overseas and 139 bodies". So another possibility could be that one of the spare bodies was fitted to a C60S in the field?

The main entry on p.166 for the "Engineers Winch and Derrick Lorry" has listed the manufacturer as Ford with vehicle code F60S-DRCK. But under "Variants" is listed: "also manufactured by General Motors - Model 8442 - Engineer's Lorry - 3-ton, 4x, 134-inch wheelbase". And the book indeed shows a C60S Cab 13 with 4H5 or 4H6 body with fixed sides.

Also attached is a picture with of a C60S Cab 12 with 4H1 or 4H2 body with the hinged sides.

So, I have adjusted my view on the Derrick body only being put on the Ford F60S chassis, and I'll keep looking for more info on this interesting CMP variant.

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