Pat 12 gets a nose job

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

My `41 Pattern 12 C60L has been a long term project it has been on the road for a number of years. But the nose frame on the truck has always been bent despite using a porta-power the bend meant that things didn't fit correctly, and the right fender had been badly crushed. A number of years ago, Bob brought a straight cab frame and front fender down to the Weare Rally.

Well I finally decided it was time to swap out the cab frame and replace the front fender, the side of the originally cab frame was so bent that a good fender could not be mounted.

The other part of this project is to try and solve a chronic engine overheating problem. Which I think is being caused by crud in the engine water jacket, despite repeated flushing. This engine was a running replacement that can work all day at low gear with no problem. But try to drive it over the road at air temperatures above 70F / 22C and it would start boiling. I've had a freshly rebuilt 235 sitting on the engine stand so with the nose all disassembled seems like this is the time to swap the engines out.

Here are a series of photos from the first day of work.

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