CMP assembly at Ford Amsterdam, the Netherlands?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This F60L with civilian registration HZ-53678 may well have been one of the CMP trucks assembled in Amsterdam. It is a late version and other than being filthy, does not show signs of having seen military service. I miss the typical wear & tear and markings, for example.

It is pictured here in use with the Dutch Railways bus service in 1945. Yes, people were transported in the back just like soldiers were.

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Source: Regionaal Archief Dordrecht via Louis van Telgen

[m606paz]

Hi Hanno, maybe factory crated trucks remain in Canada after WW2 and send to netherlands?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by m606paz

Hi Hanno, maybe factory crated trucks remain in Canada after WW2 and send to netherlands?

Indeed, as far as I understand Ford Amsterdam assembled new trucks straight from their shipping crates. I reckon they came from stocks in the UK because there were still vast amounts of uncrated vehicles present at facilities like Pearsons of Liverpool when the war ended. They must have used the unpacking & assembly instructions like the ones you shared on here (F60S for example)

I think these 3-ton GS truck came in Single Unit Packs (SUP), although at least C60Ls also came in Multi Unit Packs (MUP):

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here's the photo plus caption from Wheels & Tracks issue 37, mentioning several hundred F60Ls were the Amsterdam Ford plant in 1945 and that 500 Dutch language handbooks were printed.

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[Ed Storey]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's the photo plus caption from Wheels & Tracks issue 37, mentioning several hundred F60Ls were the Amsterdam Ford plant in 1945 and that 500 Dutch language handbooks were printed.

So the question is, does anyone have a copy of one of those 500 handbooks?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

So the question is, does anyone have a copy of one of those 500 handbooks?

That’s an outstanding question (literally and figuratively speaking).