MLU FORUM  

Go Back   MLU FORUM > MILITARY VEHICLES > The Softskin Forum

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 28-03-12, 11:52
cantankrs cantankrs is offline
Alex McDougall
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Posts: 200
Default F15 Identity, History? 59888

Hi,

Wondering if anyone has any info they could share on our F15. A little while back I noticed its civvy paint had peeled enough to spot an ARN and some careful poking with a screwdriver or something (sanding was useless) revealed some more.
Thankfully the number was repeated at an angle across the right vent and I'm pretty sure the first number is a '5'.

Thanks

Alex
Attached Thumbnails
IMG_0064.JPG   IMG_0066.JPG   IMG_0069.JPG   IMG_0073.JPG  
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 28-03-12, 21:46
Keith Webb's Avatar
Keith Webb Keith Webb is offline
Film maker, CMP addict
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HIGHTON VIC
Posts: 8,218
Default History

I had a look through the photographs I've taken of the army registration books but don't have that number block. In any event that won't tell you a lot except where it was first issued, what type, tyre size, engine number and usually disposal details and the date it was disposed.
What I can tell you is if that data plate was on your vehicle it was one of the Canadian imports (rather than with the Australian partly built cab and body). It should have the Canadian rather than the Aussie railway plate floor.

Quote:
Originally Posted by cantankrs View Post
Hi,

Wondering if anyone has any info they could share on our F15. A little while back I noticed its civvy paint had peeled enough to spot an ARN and some careful poking with a screwdriver or something (sanding was useless) revealed some more.
Thankfully the number was repeated at an angle across the right vent and I'm pretty sure the first number is a '5'.

Thanks

Alex
__________________
Film maker

42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains
42 FGT No9 (Aust)
42 F15
Keith Webb
Macleod, Victoria Australia
Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 29-03-12, 12:01
cantankrs cantankrs is offline
Alex McDougall
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Posts: 200
Default Checker floor

Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith Webb View Post
It should have the Canadian rather than the Aussie railway plate floor.
Hi Keith,

It has checker plate floor in both the 13 cab and the 2CI body. The tag on lower left side of body almost at the rear, says 42 03 and the body serial.

Thanks
Alex
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 29-03-12, 15:18
Stew Robertson Stew Robertson is offline
Staghound
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Rockwood, ON, Canada
Posts: 268
Default

I see you guys talking about a tag on the left section of the floor.
Was this only on Aussie models or imports as I have never came across this
here in Canada
Stew
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 29-03-12, 16:29
cantankrs cantankrs is offline
Alex McDougall
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Posts: 200
Default body tag

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stew Robertson View Post
I see you guys talking about a tag on the left section of the floor. Stew
Tag is outside the body, on left side, down low, to the rear of the wheel arch.

Rgds

Alex
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 29-03-12, 21:18
Hanno Spoelstra's Avatar
Hanno Spoelstra Hanno Spoelstra is offline
MLU Administrator
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 14,866
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cantankrs View Post
Tag is outside the body, on left side, down low, to the rear of the wheel arch.
Go to http://www.geocities.ws/cmpfordf15a/sn109943_2.html and scroll down to see a picture of the body data plate.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 30-03-12, 02:13
Mike Cecil Mike Cecil is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cody, Wyoming, USA
Posts: 2,372
Default

That would be an F15 GS, taken on charge in Western Australia. Engine and chassis number 99TF562341. You'll possibly find the engine number on the top edge of the gearbox/clutch housing, rather than on the engine if it is still fitted with the original engine/gearbox. (My first CMP was one of these 4x2 imports, also with a '99TF' prefixed engine/chassis number stamped on the clutch/ghearbox housing)

This is a Canadian Import, with all CDN parts, rather than a Ford Australia-assembled truck with many Australian manufactured cab/body parts. For example, the strengthening straps on the inside of the cabin rear panel will be an inverted 'u' shape, rather than the 'w' shape used by Ford Australia, and there will not be any round 'tag' fixed to the strap with a '29Q' number stamped on it. The hatch will also have the wood spacers fitted between the hatch coaming and the roof, to accommodate the curve of the roof line. And as Keith said, the floor will be the (thinner) raised dash or dash-dot chequer plate, rather than the 1/4 inch railway chequer plate used by Ford Australia. These imports were very early in Australia's move toward replacing modified conventionals with CMPs in tactical applications.

Nice find by the sounds of it. Are any Formation or tactical signs visible near the registration numbers on the front scuttle?

Mike C
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 30-03-12, 03:06
cantankrs cantankrs is offline
Alex McDougall
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Posts: 200
Default Id

Thanks Mike and Everyone.


When I get a chance I'll check for tac signs and other things and also get the rest of the details off the body tag and post up - nice pics you linked to Hanno.

Can you clarify re chassis number - is that marked anywhere on the vehicle itself or only on the belhousing?

Regards

Alex
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 30-03-12, 05:05
Mike Cecil Mike Cecil is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cody, Wyoming, USA
Posts: 2,372
Default

The only number I ever found on mine was on the bell housing. The engine was a later replacement, so had a different number (2G37711F), but the one that corresponded with the number listed as the engine/chassist number in the registration books was the one of the bell housing.

Mike C
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 30-03-12, 06:46
cletrac (RIP)'s Avatar
cletrac (RIP) cletrac (RIP) is offline
David Pope
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Eston, Sask, Canada
Posts: 2,249
Default

From what I've seen, Cab 11 and Cab 12 Fords had numbers on the frame under the cab but Cab 13 didn't. I'v seen a Cab 13 serial facing up by the motor mounts, but only on the one truck.
__________________
1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 01-04-12, 16:42
Stew Robertson Stew Robertson is offline
Staghound
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Rockwood, ON, Canada
Posts: 268
Default

The serial numbers should be on the frame on the passenger side just a head of the door
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 06:24.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Maple Leaf Up, 2003-2016