F60L ARN 46660 Cab 12

[Ken Smith]

Good day
This is the truck I bought in February 2015. It was supposed to have been bought by the previous owners in 1946 from a nearby aerodrome Cecil Plains, I think the AWM records will probably show who actually bought it.
Wild F60L Truck leaving it's home of the last 70 years.jpg
Wild F60L loading 17-02-2015.jpg

It is serial # 14717 Engine # 2G40613F ARN 46660
Cheers Ken

[Ken Smith]

Good day

This is the F60L I bought last month, and while it isn't mint it has got that minty feel about it. I haven't got much history on it even though it has been in the one family for at least 65 years.
It doesn't have any data plate on it but thanks to Keith in one of his posts, I was able to find the chassis # on the RH side of the chassis. It has had a factory replacement engine and transmission fitted at some stage as the transmission doesn't have the engine # stamped in it.

Chard F60L Front of cab.jpg

Chard F60L LH side of cab.jpg

Chard F60L ARN 45818 (best photo) (2).jpg

Chard F60L radiator overflow tank.JPG

Chassis # is 2G40452F ARN 45818

Cheers Ken

[Ken Smith]

Now that I have managed to get the photos up, I can go into a bit more detail, the farmer that owned this truck was a Changi survivor. The gentleman passed away in 2013 so he was a true survivor. He was a member of the 2/10th Field Regiment. His family didn't know until the 1990's that he had been a POW.

I bought the truck off his son, who didn't want the truck ending up at the wreckers, as it has always been loved and cared for by the whole family.

The truck had been registered for road use up until 1994, it was then used for another 20 years as a facility for emptying grain chaser bins into. It appears to have the almost perfect remains of the original wooden body but without floor boards, as the bin empties through the bottom.

Cheers Ken

[Beau Bruce]

G'day mate,

What's the little tank under the left hand door for do you know.? My cab 12 f60l only has one main fuel tank on the right hand side and that little tank under the left hand door (Whether the left hand main tank has previously been taken off I'm unsure), i was thinking that it might of been a starting tank then switched over to the main for when running on low octane fules, just like the old John Deere tractors and such do. Thanks

[Ken Smith]

Good day Beau,

The little tank is the radiator overflow tank. It is usually missing off most trucks, as they get damaged or rust out.

You are very lucky to still have yours, I didn't notice mine until I took the photos as I didn't expect it to be still on the truck.

Cheers Ken

Cheers Ken

[Ken Smith]

One of the first things I have to do is repair the mods to the bonnet. Somebody cut the front of the bonnet and bent it up, they also put a very well made hinged flap in the top of the bonnet, all this work to direct more air in to the radiator and engine bay.
Chard F60L 60l shown under bonnet.JPG

Chard F60L mods to bonnet.JPG

The top flap is seized open at the moment.
I was just thinking the top flap would help stop vaporising too. A lot of the AWM pictures show the North South road cab 12s with the bonnets off.

Cheers Ken