Cab. 13 - early/late style dashboard use?

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

Hi,

I haven't found it here on the forum yet - I would like to know when the early dashboards with compound gauges were superseded with the late ones? Does it have e.g. any connection with the "FORD CANADA" marking under the front lights? (e.g.-all FORD CANADA marked ones had the early type, the firs non-marked ones still had the early type / the late marked ones had allready the compound ones and ALL the unmarked had it also...)

We have a "Ford Canada" Marked F60L with the early style dashboard and I am wondering which dashboard should I put to the FGT that is missing one...

...or does anybody have a Serial Numbers chart to find when was our FGT manufactured?

Thank you,
Frankie

[Keith Orpin]

Hi Frankie,
Try the address below, as there is a large database showing surviving Chevy and Ford CMP's, along with details of dash types, serial numbers.
Good Luck
Keith


www.canadianregister.co.uk

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

Thank you, Keith!

[Ian McColl]

Although there seem to always be exceptions, your late model Ford marked "Ford Canada" should have been manufactured with late style (round) gauges. I have never seen a CMP with the Ford Canada markings on the nose with early or rectangular gauges. It is possible of course that the gauge cluster or nose has been changed at some point in the vehicles history. I would think it is more likely that the nose has been changed as opposed to the dash / gauges. Photos of your truck would be helpful perform a better analysis. Good luck.

[Bob Carriere]

I have photograhic records of AUstralian contract C60L with 16" wheels and small axles made BUT not delivered from Canadian soil as late as Sept 1944..... and in the same contract a few days apart similar trucks with round military gauges..... maybe they were using up what stock was available.

Cheers

[Ian McColl]

Hi Bob, I've seen your images before and as you know I have a truck from the same contract with round gauges. Personally I am of the opinion that someone has either swapped dashes / data plates etc; however, we have seem many oddball things in the past.