Heads Up: Restored C-60L Cab13 For Sale

[RichCam]

Hello,

This C-60L has been fully restored and is road worthy. I am not the owner of this vehicle but I am assisting in finding it a new home. It is a wonderful vehicle which was intended for shipment to Australia. It was produced in September of 1944 and was used as a water tanker before it was restored. I have resisted the temptation to add it to my collection. I have my hands full with current projects.

Serious purchasers - please contact me via PM or email.

Regards, Richard

[RichCam]

A couple of close up pictures of the C-60L data plates.

[Robert Bergeron]

OMG Rich, that is a nice truck !

[rob love]

Nice looking truck overall, but are those 16" tires on it?

[RichCam]

Rob,

It would appear that the C-60L is outfitted with 16" tires. I can verify if needed.

Richard

[Grant Bowker]

I have seen several other PE-197 contract trucks with 16" rims and the corresponding smaller axle ends on the front axle. I don't have documentary proof, but the proportion of that contract that I've seen with 16" wheels is high enough that I put it outside coincidence and into a probable defined feature. I can only speculate as to why 60 cwt should have 16" rims.
On other contracts, some 60 cwt ambulances were so equipped. Other possibilities - perhaps to conserve rubber, perhaps to make a common size tire for a particular group of trucks, perhaps to get a lower loading height, perhaps to allow a flat floor body when the 20" would have needed wheelhouses.