Blitz (and related) bits on Ebay Australia

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

I'm expecting the glovebox to be there which will provide confirmation when I finally get onto the seller. If the front shell has been changed the bifurcated crossmember will confirm the chassis as FGT.

Well I finally spoke to the seller and it's all a mad panic now because he was busy loading the vehicle for pick up in 2 hours as we spoke! I got him to check the glovebox but unfortunately there's none present and no tell tale weld marks that he could detect. I then got him to check for the presence of a crossmember just behind the transfer case crossmember. Yes there is one he said. Does it have forked ends? Yes. Are they riveted to the chassis? Yes. Does it have fishplates? Yes. Is there a half inch spacer between the crossmember and the bottom of the chassis rail? Yes.

So we now know the chassis is FGT but we don't know about the cab. There's no writing under the bonnet, no ARN visible, no data plates, so I asked him to take some pics in certain key locations which he said he'd do. I've also asked him to put me in touch with the new owner so we can pursue full ID, notwithstanding probable swapped front shell and/or cab, Chev motor and g/box, and RH front chassis rail heavily plated over both top and side!

Anyway it's always fun to find another FGT and amazing how they continue to surface so many years after so few were built. Of course they're getting a little hard to recognize now which probably explains why they're bought and owned and sold without even knowing it!