Bedford military-front and civvy-front types

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
the photos show that they clearly were 'tractors' in the sense that they towed allocated trailers. However, on apparent rebuild in 1944 they had lost their trailers and were re-listed to 'self-propelled' and had lost their trailers, which were it seems re-allocated. Unless the original designation as 'tractors' was erroneous as all CMPs and many other vehicles had hitches, whch was later corrrected, I cannot personally see any other reason

What exact details do you know about the "apparent rebuild" in 1944?

Now, are you implying Pearsons received the batches of LAATs listed above to rework into the F60B? That would entail a considerable amount of work, especially if they were supplied 30-cwt chassis to begin with.

Until now I assumed the F60B was built as new in Canada, so any information showing these were (also?) rebuilt from existing trucks would be news to me.

H.