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Old 14th October 2008, 06:55 PM
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Definitely a post military mod and not a bad one at that. As Hodgo said above, an F2 tray transplanted on to a Mk3 chassis.
When the military was experimenting with tippers in the early developmental stages they stuck with dual tyres (1000x20's) rather than the more common (to the army) 1200x20's.
The early prototypes to the F2 were also fitted with duals rather than singles. This idea was dropped prior to production as it was found to offer no great advantage with the tandem axle setup either traction wise, floatation wise, or deflection wise.
The trays on the teaspoons were a smaller tray than the one pictured and the headboards were a different shape (straight up and angled at the top).
Any Mk 3 is definitely worth restoring but preferably back to its original "trucks cargo 2 1/2 ton GS" specs.
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