Finally got a bit of time to weld in the last piece of jigsaw puzzle :doh:
Thanks to Euan for the delivery :cheers:

Wonderful
 

Great work Andrew, and thanks to the original discoverer Mike Kelly. If not for him it would have been scrapped years ago when the yard in Ballarat was cleared after the death of the scrappie who owned it.

Group thanks it is :salute:
Mike for finding it :cheers:
Keith for selling it to me :cheers:
Euan for dropping it off :cheers:

The hunt now continues for more pieces
So far the list for starters as of tonight comes to:
-4 x 2.5 by 1/8 channel or subframe
-2 x Ford cab 13 roof hatches
-2 x hatch frame
-Rear rollers and ancillaries for Ford
-Passenger side GT fuel tank
-Rear GT doors
-Crew doors (mine are rust swiss cheese)

Oh my...."if you have an empty shed, it will soon fill up with stuff". "If you have a shed with an entrance big enough for tanks........ :D (fill in the blank space)

Nice work Andrew.

Alex

Unfortunately as all sheds go ,they are never big enough and far from empty as shed is allready full with about the same or more amount of gear out the back :bang:

Todays arrival

Arrival
 

CGT No9?! More pics please... does it have the 'glovebox? Data plate? ARN??

Data plates are missing
haven't looked for ARN . Do NOS bodies have a ARN ?

Interesting find Andrew, looks like I have the other half!

Plates
 

That's a shame... what's the chassis number? Is it a C15A chassis (8444) or is it an 8440 chassis?

And no, new unallocated bodies did not have an ARN. Best to check anyway!

So the Holden plate is missing from the left side of the cab as well?

Close. Would be a very good match :cheers:
Getting paired to this body though

On a cut C60L chassis
Both plates missing , In bonnet and cab

Collection
 

That's a good collection of finds.

Interesting to see another variation of the roof supports on the cab 12.

Is that a jeep trailer behind the blitz cab?

pics
 

And what if the owner of above vehicles is an MLU lurker and sees his vehicles for all to see without his approval?

Does anyone have the details of the bloke in Australia that was selling steel dome head hot rivets ?

Had it written down somewhere but can not find it :doh:

I know that feeling Andrew i did have the number too but i have put it some were safe and cannot remember were I put it :bang:

Ah yes, the 'safe' storage location strikes again!

O yes Tony it seam's to happen a lot

Had to move the first C8 in the yard on the weekend so while it was on the forks I thought it deserved some much overdue love
Chassis repairs almost complete :thup2:
Looks a much more viable project now

Repaired rear end riveting and replaced bottom fish plates

Finally found rivet supplier number (misplaced :D ) only to find he only did up to 5/16 ....
Other suppliers couldn't supply round head rivets or if they could very limited numbers in odd sizes ...... :bang:
So ordered a batch out of US in preparation for next chassis or similar repairs .
Makes for expensive rivets :doh:

rivets
 

Hey Andrew

You have to buy yourself a lathe. Rivets should be easy to make .

What grade of steel are they ? Mike

PS the guy down the road here repairs and rebuilds boilers , he plays with steam traction engines and he found a lot of old rivets at a railway yard somewhere . I can ask him where to buy them.

Not sure what grade of steel they are
With the price of round bar in Aus it still works out cheaper buying them in .

rivets
 

I asked the experts. Hot rivets are just black bar .Some suggested they were forged as this would make the grain correct .

An old railway guy said you can make a snap by using a large grade 8 bolt, , heat up the bolt head to a bright cherry red and hit a steel ball into the head to get the dimple

video
 

here we are riveting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn1m1egXY5I

Love that air wedge .
That would make life a lot easier.
Also a decent capacity air hammer as well