Ryan, these are the only other photos of the motor, also taken by Keith. Unfortunately my own photos from the '70s were all destroyed, however the majority of our photos we're essentially duplicates, as we did most of our blitz hunting together.
The test bed was the original F60L chassis, which as you can see was damaged and bent at the rear. Note the hi-tech redgum stands, all handsawn and nailed together! I chopped the chassis off behind the gearbox crossmember, and looking at those reinforcement plates now I shudder to think how long it took me with a hacksaw! They make an ideal engine stand / test bed, because they're strong and stable and everything bolts straight on, including the radiator and gearbox. When the gearbox was fitted we had some fun loading up the motor, by levering a length of 4x2 against the output shaft flange, which generated lots of charred wood smoke and eventually cut a slot right through! I daresay you could stick an old handbrake drum on there and load up the motor quite effectively, however there's hardly any point to the exercise.
I plan to do the same thing with a busted FGT chassis in due course, and this time I'll make it a tricycle trolley, using a length of rod through the spring hanger eyes for the axle, and a swivel wheel mounted on the front crossmember with a simple drawbar attached. It's a lot easier and cheaper than designing and building one from scratch, and a helluva lot more robust. I may even use inflatable tyres so I can tow it around the yard with the ride on mower, which would be handy when pulling motors out of blitz wrecks, of which I have quite a few in the backyard now! Those heavy duty wheelbarrow tyres should do the job I reckon, although it may need two on the swivel axle.
