Sold the Lp2a and bought a Blitz
 

Gday everyone in the MLU land,

I have not posted anything for some time and thought i would share some pictures of my latest aquisition. I have been fortunate to pick up a C15 pie van , this came at a cost with me selling off the carrier project to Rocket Ron Winfer :) Who has the time and the workshop to get the carrier running.

The best thing about the chev is that the hardwork has already been done as the blitz is on the road registered so i can enjoy going on MJCQ club runs whenever :cheers:

Hope you enjoy the pics if they ''load'' :eek: :mad:

Congratulations on the Chev Purchase . The photos are not showing but i hope to see them up here soon . :thup:

Re: Sold the Lp2a and bought a Blitz
 

G'day to you too, Matt, and congratulations! :thup:

If you're still up, forward me the pics via email at sunray@mapleleafup.org and I'll post them for you.

:cheers:

Jif

Matt's Photos
 

Well done, mate, it's lovely! :thup:

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Side view...

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Top view...

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Data plate... hard to read but it's there.

Matt's Photos
 

Another kind of plate... :D

Well Done Mate,
:salute:
I love that truck, good to see it go to a good home.
See you at the swap.
Jeff
P.s. have you put new points in it yet :yappy:

It looks fantastic..... Congrats! :D

congrats
 

congratulations !
good looking truck
:thup2:

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And it's a Brisbane built Wireless Signals too.

They've made a mistake with the WO number, putting the chassis designation in instead. It should be WO73.

The build year is 1943, around March or April. The date would have been stamped onto the gearshift plate.

woodville
 

The Woodville production figures for the Wireless signals body:

1942 78
1943 1142

A little known add on .. they were originally intended to have a PTO driven generator .. run from the gearbox ... to charge the wireless batteries ... you can see the hole in the floor to acomodate the on-off lever . This idea was similar the British wireless vehicles which used the PTO gene setup with a charging panel to switch the system .


In practice it seems none of them were actually fitted out with the PTO generator and they went for the briggs and stratton stand alone gene instead .. maybe the supply of the large PTO DELCO generators was slow to arrive from Nth America .

I don't think many of them left Australia . Has anyone got any pics of them up in the Islands ? A ham radio op was killed in one up near Bandiana when the truck rolled over ....

Mike

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I think 'built 'is going a bit too far . The signals bodies would have been railed from Woodville, to the various GMH plants for ASSEMBLY onto chassis' .

I am not crowing about South Australia;'s war effort ... they won't be crowing about the AFL grand final this year either , Port Adelaide hasn't a chance in hell ....

Mike

wireless van
 

Gday everyone ,

Thanks for all of your replies, firstly keith i ordered the number plates on the idea that i thought it was a 42 , going off the chassis number 2842100090B i thought that the first number was the year model?

There are no dates on the gearshift plate on the doghouse.\

Mike there is definately a slot in the floor for a ''PTO'' lever off the gearbox i wondered what this was for now i know cheers :thup:

Jeff i will see you on friday of the swap , i believe i owe you a couple of rums for your assistance with the ''POINTS'' incident :yappy: :cheers:

their is a body plate on the front clip under the bonnet ''usual place'' i will record the numbers and post them here
cheers matty

Body plate
 

Is there a body plate on the sill on the passenger side as well?

That one should have the body type and individual body serial number.

wireless van
 

Gday keith '

The plate on the passengers side sill has been removed , but the following is what is on the under bonnet tag:

HOLDEN
BODY No.531D
MODEL. W/O FRT.END
SERIES No.
44 10225

Does any of this make sense and how do i get the vehicles ARN

Footy
 

Port Adelaide hasn't a chance in hell ....

Hey Mike - who just trounced the Roos?


:D Bob

No chance Bob
 

"We are Geelong, the greatest team of all....."

Bring it on! :D

Re: wireless van
 

I don't have any decoder for that other than the 'War Office' Front End.

The way to find the ARN is extremely tortuous but can be done by visiting the War Memorial and going through 'AWM 126' which is the series of books with ARN, chassis and engine numbers. It is arranged in ARN order with no cross referencing but if you have patience you will find it.

Ryan
 

Thhhhhhrrrrrrrpppppp!!

:D :D Power Bob

wireless van
 

Thanks keith,

I guess that i might have to make a trip to the AWM.

On the other matter re: the chassis number, does the 2 mean that the chassis was built in 42 and the vehicle bodywork assembled by holden at brisbane in 1943 .

I dont have great deal of history on this particular vehicle but i do know that it was used by the BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL in a postwar service vehicle role.

have to go now severe thunderstorms hanging around,

cheers matt

:salute: