restoration os 1941 ford truck TEX MORTON

[John Mackie]

About1960/1970 our garage aquired this truck fron Mount Hope NSW the engine was partly dismantled . it was painted red and had 18 ' military wheels.
Another engine was found and it was sold to a farmer who made it into a fire fighting truck. About 1980 the farm eas sold and my interest in things military had improved so i asked the owner about it. He said it was a failure so they cut it in half and made the back into a trailer, come and get the front half. Son John and i collected it . It now had 1949 front gaurds and grille the red paint was gone revealing the arn 29590 and Tex Morton rodeo and circus on the bonnet (hood). Tex Morton was a country and western sinder who traveled the back blocks of NSW and Victoria. Over the years i have collected 2 complete trucks and major parts of 3 others.Restoratoin commenced in 2006. 2013 has been serious work carried out. the chasss i am going to use is totaly bare. both front shackle brackets are removed as they were excessivly worn. all springs have been dismantled the plates cleaned and re-assembled. the gearbox and handbrake are rostored. an engine needs to be started and assesed. work has been done on the gaurds, grills and body parts.. i will post photoswhen i know how!. More later.

[Howard]

John,
I can help you with posting the photos,
Give me a ring on the weekend if you haven't been able to figure it out before then.
Howard.
PS I'm sure you have my number, drop me a PM.

[John Mackie]

restoratiobn is still progrsing but not as fast as i would like . i recently strippad the best bonnet i have on removing the bit with ford on it i found that the reverse side was chrome but had been painted with red undercoat and light stone. looking at the word FORD it is obvious that the lettrs had been picked out in blue and overpainted with light stone.
obviously the truck that the bonnet belonged to has had milatary history.
i photograpfed the part and will put it up when able.

[Ganmain Tony]

Very interesting news about the bonnet John.....No old ARN's anywhere???

Keep it coming...its all interesting...

[Jan Thompson]

Hi John
Do you hope to have it at Corowa in March for Year of the Ford?

[John Mackie]

Hi all . It has been a while since i have added any information about this. yesterday the chassis arrived back from the sandblaster. they did a magnificant job. I was out at 0700 this morning and got 74 % undercoated before it got too hot. also managed to change both front spring rear shackle brackets. apart from this the chassis is in excelent condiotion, no cracks and no loose rivets, i have a lot of photos in the camera and will add them to this when i am comtentant!