New Tobruk movie, cab 12 F60L

[aj.lec]

looks like an extruded grill from a chev too
did any cab 12 fords come out with this type of grill ?

[Dusonn]

Hi there,

I took part on filming of this movie together with 30 other extras from different military history clubs. We spent a month in the desert of Tunisia sleeping in tents, wearing uniforms all the time and enjoying army life even in our free time. The dune pictures are not ment to be from Tobruk but from Agami training camp in Egypt where the Czechoslovak unit had been trained before they were transfered to Tobruk. No need to say that it was our lifetime experience.
There were some other vehicles apart from the F60, such as Bedford MWD, Bedford MW water tank and rare Ford WOT3.
You can check out some more pictures here:

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy...otogalerie.php

The website is in Czech only. There are pictures from actors physical training, preparations, filming etc. The movie is comming out in September.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Dusonn

Hi there,

I took part on filming of this movie together with 30 other extras from different military history clubs. We spent a month in the desert of Tunisia sleeping in tents, wearing uniforms all the time and enjoying army life even in our free time. The dune pictures are not ment to be from Tobruk but from Agami training camp in Egypt where the Czechoslovak unit had been trained before they were transfered to Tobruk. No need to say that it was our lifetime experience.
There were some other vehicles apart from the F60, such as Bedford MWD, Bedford MW water tank and rare Ford WOT3.
You can check out some more pictures here:

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy...otogalerie.php

The website is in Czech only. There are pictures from actors physical training, preparations, filming etc. The movie is comming out in September.

Certainly one to be seen.

Another angle on the F60L - there is something strange about the towing 'D's too. Apologies for being so picky! Oh, and the Div sign is on the wrong side, Ford badge missing, no caunter on canvas... Ooops - there I go again.

I agree with Mike, this is a big improvement on past movies indeed, and who, other than we pedants will ever notice the difference. If the storyline is strong and the storytelling compelling it will be a good movie.

And as for the grille - from surviving examples both types were used on Fords, with the Chev type being more common - sometimes they were even mixed on the same vehicle, possibly because of bonnet swaps.

[Keith Webb]

Oh, Howard...

[Keith Webb]

Lovely contemporary image here.

[Keith Webb]

What a good collection of pics!

Actually the browser copied the next pic in the sequence (this one) which is also interesting and is a 2-pdr portee C60L cab 12

[Keith Webb]

This was the one I meant to post for Mike:

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Actually the browser copied the next pic in the sequence (this one) which is also interesting and is a 2-pdr portee C60L cab 12

"Like new condition!! Just needs a tune-up, paint and tyres!!"