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[Tony Smith]

The Monkey Face is a 12 Cab F60S with Winch. The wheelbase should be 134".

And you're cannabalising that to get the others goin'?

[aj.lec]

I was about to say the same thing Tony
The 12 cab is a lot rarer

[Jim Davis]

I'm afraid so. I was of the opinion that we'd ultimately restore all three (in years and years), but no. At the moment its one from three, the rest is going into the shed for another day.

[Jan Thompson]

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[Max Hedges]

Tony, the monkey face has the chassie plated so maybe it has been alted at some time
Jim do you have any photos of the monkey face chassie for as far as I know cab12s didn't have the extra plate on the chassie
Jim good to see that you are collecting fords
Max

[Jim Davis]

Originally Posted by Max Hedges

Tony, the monkey face has the chassie plated so maybe it has been alted at some time
Jim do you have any photos of the monkey face chassie for as far as I know cab12s didn't have the extra plate on the chassie
Jim good to see that you are collecting fords
Max

Yeah Dads a bit of a Ford man so he's happy . I'm just happy I get to work on such old quality things, the engine, the body, running gear, the smell of 50 year old oil etc, its great, they really dont makem like this anymore.
I'll see if I can dig some photos up but dont hold your breath, but yes the chassis is plated, internaly as well as on the outside, you get the impression that it broke its back at some point as it has been crudely reinforced inside the U of the frame rails for most of their length, that or it had a severe beating/strain put on it. The running gear and some front sections of the cab were really the only things intact, the rest was either rusted through or cut and welded together...or both, it was not as nice as it looks.

[Keith Webb]

I'd suggest given it's chopped and plated history it may well be a shortened F60L, poor old thing.

Are there any surviving data plated on it?

[Jim Davis]

No, there are no data plates remaining that we could find. Here are some photos of the underside. On turning it over you can see it is very modified and very damaged. It looks as though some of the spring stoppers and mounts have been bolted straight onto the plate on each side. The winch cross beam is the correct one, but either it has been put in as a modification or reinforced. Considering that there is a big hole cut in the other cross piece I'm guessing its the former. To be honest we haven't paid much attention to the cab 12 chassis as it is in this state, and we've been working on restoring one of the Cab13 f60L trucks, but the cab 12 truck lives on in the running gear of the project.