chev blitz tipper

[KiwiKev]

Some Years ago (around 20 or so) I had an F30S Tipper.
When I got it home we started to realise that it was very different to the F60's that were shown in the "Bible" at the time (Fighting vehicles Directory by Bart Vanderveen)

The two main clues were that is did not have the standard split rims, they were "normal" looking truck wheels and it had duals on the back and spaces to fit the wheels on the front. It was with great effort that we found the "correct" spilt rims on a farmers trailer and swapped them over, only to find out years latter with the help of the WWW that I had swapped away the original wheels.

The second clue was when I went to hang a set of doors on the cab and found out that they didn't fit because of an extra "fillet" in the lead edge of the doorway.
It also had a square hatch and FORD OF CANADA stamped into the steel under the lights.
After many hours of detective work we deduced that it was a late model (1945) Australian assembled tipper that the NZ Army Engineers had used, we also later found the remains of several more both Fords and Chevs.

Where am I getting to; the body was a steel framed and U shaped ribbed body but had a wooden floor under the steel deck. I presumed it was an Australian Hardwood as it was the same colour (Tan) and density of the railway sleepers that we used to use in our fire at home. I guess it was to provide extra strength without using up valuable steel.

I don't know where the photos I had have gone, lost over the years. However I did find the following photo on the web some time ago and it was exactly what I had, I hope the photo comes out, I am not sure where I found it on the Web, so I hope its ok to post it.

Regards
Kevin


Regards
kevin