F60L Recent pics

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Looking at some of the other vids I see (or rather hear) the gears have been nicely polished!

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I supose thats the advantage of having a crashed sound card. In my head I only heard the rousing rumble of the V8 and smooth as silk gear changes

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

I supose thats the advantage of having a crashed sound card. In my head I only heard the rousing rumble of the V8 and smooth as silk gear changes

You can now make the appropriate sound effects as you watch it.

[Ganmain Tony]

Hope this motivates you guys with unfinished projects.

This truck is paying me back with interest. It is that good to drive.

They are a beast in the mud, they love it!!!

For the Cab 12 owners - you get used to the cramped cockpit. It s actually starting to feel a bit roomy now.

Gear changes improving out of sight!!! Even got the heel/toe thing going on downshifts.

Keefy was having a ball when he took the wheel & may I say is a very very good operator. (I even saw a rise in visually revealed enthusiasm - honest).
Got a great demonstration of high/low transfer case shifts on the fly and excellent gear shifting.

Max had a turn as well - with some sparkling driving - great to witness & learn.

[Bob Carriere]

Ett iz a sacrilege to drive such a niece truk in zee mud!!!!

You guys have an advantage since you already are familiar with driving on the wrong side of the road and shifting with your left paw.

Boob

[Keith Webb]

I even saw a rise in visually revealed enthusiasm - honest

Of course it was fun! But I think the best driver for something like that would be a 5'6" female in ballerina shoes. Perhaps the pink ribbon on your windscreen post is an indication.

Size 12 Rossi boots do not make it easy, but who cares?

I can imagine the design discussions with Sid Swallow and his team: "Well the average guy won't be able to get both his feet in there, but it's what the Brits asked for!"

[Ganmain Tony]

Howard & I drove the truck out to see his great uncle, Les Holgate.

It was a thrill to meet him, he's a bit shakey on his feet these days but his memory is still very sharp.

Les was the original owner of this truck after the war. He paid 250 pounds for it.

The truck was used as the family car and was taken down to Tathra on the south coast of NSW for the annual holiday. 2 in the front & 8 in the back.

Les said it was a great truck & never gave him any trouble........ but you wouldnt expect anything less from a Ford.

He did however, have problems with the single tyres on the back. They kept blowing for some strange reason, so he fitted it with duals.
May have had something to do with the fact that Les said she'd EASILY carry more than 5/6 tonne on the back. No wonder the shackle pins and bushes need replacing!!!!

Les was in the 14th Anti Aircraft and was at 42 of the Japanese Darwin Raids. He told us the story of going from Sydney to Albury to Adelaide to Alice Springs to Darwin with the Army.

Between 'The Alice' and Darwin he did three days in the back of a Cab 12 F60L on the 'North South' road.

He told us of one night in Darwin witnessing a Spitfire blow a single engine Japanese plane out of the sky. He could see the tracer from the Spit, the Jap plane burst into flames, then the engine fell off the front.

Incidentally Les is still on his small farm helped by his daughters and son-in laws. He's planted 7,000 trees around the place and it looks magnificent. The shed & house are well kept and the garden is beautiful.

A bloke to be remembered.

[Keith Webb]

I can feel an interview coming on... is Les far from Ganmain?

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

Howard & I drove the truck out to see his great uncle, Les Holgate.

It was a thrill to meet him, he's a bit shakey on his feet these days but his memory is still very sharp.

Les was the original owner of this truck after the war. He paid 250 pounds for it.

The truck was used as the family car and was taken down to Tathra on the south coast of NSW for the annual holiday. 2 in the front & 8 in the back.

Les said it was a great truck & never gave him any trouble........ but you wouldnt expect anything less from a Ford.

He did however, have problems with the single tyres on the back. They kept blowing for some strange reason, so he fitted it with duals.
May have had something to do with the fact that Les said she'd EASILY carry more than 5/6 tonne on the back. No wonder the shackle pins and bushes need replacing!!!!

Les was in the 14th Anti Aircraft and was at 42 of the Japanese Darwin Raids. He told us the story of going from Sydney to Albury to Adelaide to Alice Springs to Darwin with the Army.

Between 'The Alice' and Darwin he did three days in the back of a Cab 12 F60L on the 'North South' road.

He told us of one night in Darwin witnessing a Spitfire blow a single engine Japanese plane out of the sky. He could see the tracer from the Spit, the Jap plane burst into flames, then the engine fell off the front.

Incidentally Les is still on his small farm helped by his daughters and son-in laws. He's planted 7,000 trees around the place and it looks magnificent. The shed & house are well kept and the garden is beautiful.

A bloke to be remembered.

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

You can now make the appropriate sound effects as you watch it.

Finally got the new computer and re-watched the video clips, the V8 still sounds as good as my imagination but I hear what you mean about the gears but I'm shore Tony has mastered it by now.
The new computer has a bigger screen and makes looking at the pictures better too, also having the type larger helps my eyesigh.

[Howard]

To update this thread, Les Holgate (above) passed away yesterday. His funeral will be held Monday at Ganmain.
I will prepare some info on his service record after the funeral.
Lest We Forget.
HH

[hrpearce]

RIP Mr Holgate

[cliff]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

RIP Mr Holgate

condolenses from me as well to the Holgate family.

[aj.lec]

Our condolenses to you and all your family H