Its infectious

[Ganmain Tony]

Ok

Brother! Have had steeeep learning curve with this truck but I have loved every minute of it.

So what have we done since last time? Rebuilt the Carter Carbie thanks Greame for your help with this. Put some new points in the Dizzy (From Repco at $14).

Got a set of Leads and 6 V coil and Battery. Put some fresh oil in her, overhauled the feul pump and tried to start her. Horrible backfiring!!

Checked everything.... Yep! all OK. Put No1 piston at TDC and took off dizzy cap......timing 180 degrees out. Pulled out distributer and refitted.

VVROOOOOOM!!!! All RIGHT!!!!

[Ganmain Tony]

After setback with discovery of different stub axles. We had some luck thanks to Richard Coutts Smith discovering a NOS Chev truck Civilian axle down at Stawell Vic. Rich very kindly sent me the fellahs contact details and we did some business.

Got that axle back to the farm at Quandialla. Pulled her apart for an inspection


All I could say was...... wow

[Ganmain Tony]

Keeping in mind this axle sat out in the weather for a lot of years. (Meaning more than 20) Check out these wheel cylinders. The seals were what blew me away. Not to mention the polished sheen still in the cylinder walls themselves.

Brake linings are like new the drums are little scored from water but cleaned up surprisingly well.

The wheel bearings and seals still look brand new.

[Ganmain Tony]

Putting the civvy axle next to the 18inch military one that is the original for this truck it is easy to see the military versions were much better built. Everything on the 18inch wheel axle is twice the size (including the axle itself) and must have been much stronger.

It seems a shame to put a civvy axle in it but with the prohibitive cost of 18 inch tyres - we have no choice. Not to mention the bloody Cocky that previously owned this has pulled the brake shoes and wheel cylinders out at some stage.

I thought I'd be able to use the 18's axle steering link rod.... BUZZZZ!!!! Nice try contestant but I'm afraid that's the WRONG ANSWER!!

Bloody hell! Now weve got to go and find one.

[lynx42]

I see that Clevo hasn't been converted to GM products as yet.

[Keith Webb]

Nice work GT! You'll become a lover of GM products by osmosis I think. At least you'll be bi.

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

Ok

Brother! Have had steeeep learning curve with this truck but I have loved every minute of it.

So what have we done since last time? Rebuilt the Carter Carbie thanks Greame for your help with this. Put some new points in the Dizzy (From Repco at $14).

Got a set of Leads and 6 V coil and Battery. Put some fresh oil in her overhauled the feul pump and tried to start her. Horrible backfiring!!

Checked everything.... Yep! all OK. Put No1 piston at TDC and took off dizzy cap......timing 180 degrees out. Pulled out distributer and refitted.

VVROOOOOOM!!!! All RIGHT!!!!

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

timing 180 degrees out. Pulled out distributer and refitted.

VVROOOOOOM!!!! All RIGHT!!!!

180 degrees out, move all leads 3 places around cap

[motto]

There's no doubt about what sort of dog Clevo is. He's obviously a rot wheeler.

[motto]

Going back over the thread, I see that a photo of my truck appears on post three with some conjecture as to the owner.
L/L Chev registration number FN575 was mine for over 30 years. We travelled tens of thousands of miles together and among other tasks she hauled untold tons of vintage tin. We were in numerous TV and film productions starting with "The Sullivans" and she is one of the very few vehicles that has taken part in all three of the 'Back to the Track' runs through Central Australia. The last trip we did together was from Istanbul to Normandy with the ANZAC European Tour last year.When that was over we took her to England and attended some military vehicle events culminating in a week at the War and Peace Show in Kent. After that we turned the truck over to her new owner and a week later flew home.
Yes, I miss having her parked out in the shed. It couldn't be otherwise with a vehicle that had been a part of my life for so long and after all the adventures we had together.
David

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by motto

Going back over the thread, I see that a photo of my truck appears on post three with some conjecture as to the owner.
L/L Chev registration number FN575 was mine for over 30 years. We travelled tens of thousands of miles together and among other tasks she hauled untold tons of vintage tin. We were in numerous TV and film productions starting with "The Sullivans" and she is one of the very few vehicles that has taken part in all three of the 'Back to the Track' runs through Central Australia. The last trip we did together was from Istanbul to Normandy with the ANZAC European Tour last year.When that was over we took her to England and attended some military vehicle events culminating in a week at the War and Peace Show in Kent. After that we turned the truck over to her new owner and a week later flew home.
Yes, I miss having her parked out in the shed. It couldn't be otherwise with a vehicle that had been a part of my life for so long and after all the adventures we had together.
David

You cant tease us like that David without some pictures.....

[motto]

I will try and get some pictures up Tony but I really do struggle with this IT stuff and at times wish I had a very large catapult outside the back door that I could happily use to hurl this infuriating device down the paddock and out of sight. I can't even find where you shovel the coal into it!!
To make matters worse my photo collection is in total dis-array and as we are in the throes of serious renovations on the house (which by the way I should be working on) they are mostly in amongst a huge pile of boxes and stripey bags in the garage.
In the meantime. There was a documentary produced on the ANZAC Tour titled 'Driving to D-Day', that went to air in Australia and I think NZ on the History Channel on the 6th of June last. There is a web site to do with this doco and in the photo file is a picture of my truck taken in Mulhouse France. Mulhouse is well known as the home of the French national car museum which includes the Schlumff collection and also of the national railway museum, neither of which rates a mention but are world class displays.
I and my Chev are well known to some of the regular forum contributors and when the Chev went unrecognised as happened in a previous thread where it was pictured in Alice Springs I was somewhat puzzled. In that thread the cab was mis-identified by someone as being a Holden built one when it is in fact American. The mistake was understandable because of a reflection that made it look like it had quarter vent windows. At that time I didn't know how to post, only look, so couldn't correct but I thought that someone who knew the truck would have at least identified the owner.
The only way I know how to put information in a post is to type it so will close this and find the 'Driving to D-Day' website and put it in another post.
David

[motto]

Here 'tis.
www.drivingtod-day.com.au

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by motto

I will try and get some pictures up Tony but I really do struggle with this IT stuff and at times wish I had a very large catapult outside the back door that I could happily use to hurl this infuriating device down the paddock and out of sight. I can't even find where you shovel the coal into it!!

Hi Dave,

To help you out, here are a couple of photos of your Chev, one on the MVT campsite in Normandy and the other taken outside my workshop in England.
I have seen your Chev at Corowa several times, as well as on the Alice to Darwin convoy and again on the Ghan Track, and to see it in Normandy and then turn up outside my home, was quite something.......my neighbour was impressed!

regards, Richard