Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by cliff

I too cannot for the life of me understand why nuts & bolts are so expensive here in Queensland more so if you say 'Galvanised' or 'Stainless'.

Maybe it's because Queenslanders are all screwed up?!?

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Maybe it's because Queenslanders are all screwed up?!?

Only because of our useless polititians Hanno

[Grant Bowker]

Even whirlpools in toilets turn the wrong way in Queensland (and the rest of the southern hemisphere).

[Private_collector]

Toilets water may circle opposite way, but they still work undeterred!

Don't start me on politics. I fully believe that in decades to come, boy scouts will be singing songs around the campfire about Australia's world class political stupidity. If I delve into this in detail there will surely be comments for moderators to remove!!!!

Finally, for the record, we're not screwed up.......we're screwed DOWN thankyou very much Southern hemisphere, remember!



P.S: Regarding my recent sarcastic comment about bureau of meteorology prediction of 100-200mm rainfall. At this location there was 20mm, 45min south they had almost 350mm within several hours. Flash flooding covered the main highway in numerous locations, the township of Pomona had up to 2mt (6ft) of water through some homes and now the water is converging on Mary River, Gympie. One of the two main bridges in Gympie went under water yesterday afternoon, with a peak of approx 16mt expected this morning. That equates to really minor flooding but there is a feeling of 'here we go again'. I would have written deja vu, but don't know how to spell it.

[cliff]

Yes we have distant water views from our place now as water has covered the sports fields just down from us but it is no where near the height of last year when we had waterfront water views

We got 20mm of rain but just south of us got 300mm (1 foot) overnight so this accounts for the moderate flooding

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Tony

Here are some photos of the passenger hold down handle. I have photographed three of them and measured them none of them are the same. I'll do a cad drawing. But here are the photos.

[Private_collector]

Cheers Phil,

Awfully decent of you!

These photos will do just great. I'm pleased they are all different

I start reassembling the cab interior and flooring, in about an hour. Have to travel into town for 4 bolts, the size of which I had overlooked when ordering last week.

Hoping to post some meaningful photos tonight!

Clouds are gathering again, but my work this week is all inside the workshop.

Thanks again,

[Bob Carriere]

On the "holy ****" handle differences.

I suspect that such a non critrical part may have been produced in numerous small shops.... maybe different contracts....all from the same specs....... but all slightly different in the jig they used to bend the handles. Steel barrels full of small stuff was then collected and sent to assembly areas...... those were the last days of the once flourishing "cottage industry" ........

When I was a kid growing up in downtown Hull almost every small steel fabricating shop ....... wrought iron fences and veranda railing was trendy back then........ had bunches of old 45 gallon drum filled with left over production parts all the same that they had made and never got delivered....some had small weird brackets, rings, corner brackets, etc......

May explain why the factory pictures of the CMP battery box shows regular nuts for fasteners on the top cover but later in service battery boxes have a variety of fastener of at least 2 or 3 different design.

My grandmother did contract sewing at home....... she would get huge rolls of single, double and triple braids to make Lance Corporal, Corporal and Sergeants stripes sewn to a felt backing. Some old gents delivered the raw material and at the same time pick up the finished products..... she did them in army green and airforce blue........ and was paid cash and probably at a very low rate. Such was the war effort.

Bob