Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Lionelgee]

G'day Tony,

Good to see you back posting on MLU Tony .

Kind Regards
Lionel

[David Dunlop]

Spark plug and piping. Hmmmm. Wiring that into the brake system in lieu of lights per chance? Get ones attention better than a 'Keep Back 50 Metres' sign, that's for sure!!!

[Private_collector]

Not a bad idea, David.

[Ken Smith]

Good day Tony,
It is nice to have you back, you must be so proud of your son and his chosen profession.

I have been going through your thread a fair bit since I got my latest F60L and I even buy stuff off Mac's Auto now, thanks to you.

Somewhere in your thread you asked about the ends of the studs that hold the wheels together being painted or not, the wheels on my good C60L had the ends of the studs painted. The truck didn't come out of the army until 1955 so I imagine some poor appy being handed a tin of red paint and a brush and being told "Get on with it".

Cheers Ken

[Howard]

Good to see you back, Tony!
Good Health Mate
Howard.

[Private_collector]

Hello Ken and Howard,

Thanks for the kind words. Ken, good to hear that you found Macs Auto of use. Going waaay back, it was another MLU member who told me about them, so it's nice that my scratchings could help someone else. Pity Macs shipping is so expensive though. Only recently, I received my order of 2x rubber covered foot pedal and rubber bump stops. Thankfully their pedal parts price was low enough for it to be doubled by shipping and still be worth the order.

Now that i have a reason to make future trips south, I hope one of those trips will coincide with the Corowa gathering. I'm quite sure Bryce would find that interesting as well.

My Wife and I went to look a Corowa late last week, while we were staying at Albury.
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Saw this interesting truck on the road between Albury and Corowa. What is it? How long has it been there? Quite sure Corowa attendees who passed this way would be well aware if it's existence.

[Keith Webb]

Hi Tony, great to see you posting. I hadn't seen this truck before, as a 'Mexican' I approach Corowa via the southern route just past Wangaratta. The truck in your pic looks like it might be a re-cabbed AEC Matador. We had a fleet of those used as gun tractors for towing the 3.7" guns.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

My Wife and I went to look a Corowa late last week, while we were staying at Albury.
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Saw this interesting truck on the road between Albury and Corowa. What is it? How long has it been there? Quite sure Corowa attendees who passed this way would be well aware if it's existence.

This is a Thornycroft Nubian 4x4 and Dave Mottram and I gave it a close inspection a few years ago. It would appear to have originally been a fire tender and very likely for airfield use as the RAF had some like it, you can see where the body has been cut away and cab has been changed at the back. It will date from early 1950's.

regards, Richard

[Private_collector]

The speedo in my grey CMP gathers speed data by a magnet on the tailshaft, apparently. This has proven to vary wildly, and I do not trust it. Adjustment may make it better, but I still don't trust it.

I went searching for alternatives. Non-standard alternatives. Came across this gauge supplier http://www.speedhut.com They sell a wide range of instruments, and prices not extortionary. Of interest to me, is their selection of GPS driven speedos, which do not require ANY speed calibration data and arithmetic to obtain extremely close speed tolerences. Naturally, if in an underground carpark or tunnel, your speedo goes dead until you resurface again.

The thing I found REALLY cool with this supplier, is that you can custom make instruments to your own design. I had a little play, and came up with this design with an 'aged' invasion star logo. There are sooooo many areas which can be customised, including dial colors, number font, speed marker lines, speedo needle, bezel color, etc.......
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