Well I finally spoke to the seller and it's all a mad panic now because he was busy loading the vehicle for pick up in 2 hours as we spoke! I got him to check the glovebox but unfortunately there's none present and no tell tale weld marks that he could detect. I then got him to check for the presence of a crossmember just behind the transfer case crossmember. Yes there is one he said. Does it have forked ends? Yes. Are they riveted to the chassis? Yes. Does it have fishplates? Yes. Is there a half inch spacer between the crossmember and the bottom of the chassis rail? Yes.

So we now know the chassis is FGT but we don't know about the cab. There's no writing under the bonnet, no ARN visible, no data plates, so I asked him to take some pics in certain key locations which he said he'd do. I've also asked him to put me in touch with the new owner so we can pursue full ID, notwithstanding probable swapped front shell and/or cab, Chev motor and g/box, and RH front chassis rail heavily plated over both top and side!

Anyway it's always fun to find another FGT and amazing how they continue to surface so many years after so few were built. Of course they're getting a little hard to recognize now which probably explains why they're bought and owned and sold without even knowing it!

Fgt
 

Well done Tony! Did you find out whether it's moving closer or further away?

And is it going to one of 'us'?

I wasn't able to learn much about the new owner Keith, the seller said he's from Wellington near Port Augusta, but I can only find Wellington near Murray Bridge. Apparently he's had a couple of blitzes in the past but that's all I know about him at this stage. To be honest I'm not sure why anyone would buy this blitz without knowing it's a FGT. If I'd gotten onto it earlier I would definitely have bought it myself. Apparently it was sold a year ago but the bloke never collected it.

Hello Tony,

Where were you when we were trying to solve the riddle Is the FAT a 60cwt or 15cwt truck? Could you please post your knowledge about the chassis differences in that thread, so we can learn a little more about this subject some ten years after the thread started....

Thanks,
Hanno

Wilmington, SA?

Yes that sounds more likely Tony, I probably misheard him.

No worries Hanno, I hadn't come across that thread before, no doubt I would have contributed by now if I had!

Sorry Tony, I now realise you had not yet joined the MLU ranks back in 2004.

Could you please tell us more about the "crossmember just behind the transfer case crossmember with forked ends riveted to the chassis with fishplates and half inch spacer between the crossmember and the bottom of the chassis rail" :D -preferably with pictures - in the thread Is the FAT a 60cwt or 15cwt truck?

Thanks,
Hanno

x signals chev?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1942-chev...item19e8128acb

look in the background of his other items, at least 2 more chev blitz, c15? and c15A?

Wo73
 

Yes it's the WO73 Wireless Signals, the C15 version. The small Chev in the background of the other pic is another C15, and a yellow C15A closer.

Keith Im assuming this is a wireless version too?
:cheers: Nathan

Yes Nathan it's the 4x4 version, exactly the same body on a C15A chassis. I think it was designated WO12. Evidently someone has converted it to a pickup and fitted 20" wheels, quite a good look I reckon. However it would be preferable to see it restored to a sigvan.

keep it a ute
 

That conversion looks awesome, tuff truck.

Doesn't look too bad does it in the Ute configuration. Certainly beets driving an old valiant or WB around the scrub :D There were 2 like this at this clearing sale about 6 months ago.
:cheers: Nathan

ford blitz
 

2 Ford Blitz's on ebay in Tasmania. F15a and a F60.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-blit...item417c3eefb2

Chev
 

It's a Pacific Fire tender, nice unit, and well priced.

Ex Chev Tipper?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sprey...itz/1034699916

Tipper?
 

Hard to tell isn't it as it's been so abused and butchered. He will need to be negotiable right down to scrap value to sell that sort of thing in Tassie I would think.

tender
 

That was a strange auction.
First listed for $1500
Then revised to $1600
Then revised to $1650
Then revised to $1850 and withdrawn with no bids.
:blink:

Found a Marmon Herrington in Tassie recently Keith. Same deal, the sale price was got down but the boat ride home is the problem

Or anywhere else for that matter! $3500 for a sawmill wreck...? Tell 'im 'es dreamin'!!

I reckon he'd do better to flog the 318 separately and settle for scrap value on the truck.

I have listed a F60L cab 12 on ebay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1941-Ford...item3a8bf56e61

Sold for $4,000 on the 19th Feb !

Umm!!! $3,000.00 Richard

"EX-ARMY-STUDEBAKER-US-6X6-1945
Item Ended
Item condition:
Used
Ended:
19 Feb, 2014 20:34:14 AEDST
Winning bid:
AU $3,000.00
[ 4 bids ]
Postage:
Local pick-up offered.
Item location:
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia"

Regards Rick

oops ....... typo ....... trying to do too many things at once :confused

ford on ebay
 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Blit...item1c3d0436f3

running F60 on ebay in NSW

fords
 

2 running fords on ebay offered as one lot. Look good. An F15 and a tipper.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121288687...84.m1423.l2649

Desirable
 

Two trucks that I would like to have at my place! Once again, freight is going to make a relative expensive purchase into a REALLY expensive purchase. Any one else here bidding on these?
H;)

H,

C'mon you know you want & need them!
Make it a road trip: repair in situ and drive them home, I'm sure some of the Aussie MLU'ers are up for a bit of adventure. Keith can tag along to film a documentary, before you know this adventure pays for itself and we get to see you on Discovery Channel :D

H. from H.

Comes complete with an original battery box. That has to be rare.