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27-12-10, 19:38
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Stunning!
What a wonderful find indeed, and one of the most interesting CMPs too. Although we have a number of cab 12 FATs here, all our cab 13s are the Australian pattern as far as I know.
We'll be following this restoration with considerable interest.
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16-03-11, 01:55
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A couple of different FAT doors?
With my 3 wrecks I have a total of 4 doors, both sets different. Folded door skins on 1 set and solid skin with no wrap around outside folds on the other. Also 1 set has longer hinges than the other. Any FAT owners with some input here? I am covered with grinding dust at this point and loving it. Cheers for now , Rob
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16-03-11, 03:49
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16-03-11, 18:44
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Spring is near!
Rob & Tony,
Way to go! Nice to see another project in the shop.You had better hurry,spring is almost here and it's back to the golf course.I keep missing your calls.Gun show here in West st. Paul on March 27th,opens at 10:00am.Come in early and I'll buy you breakfast!Good luck with the project. Regards,Derk.
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16-03-11, 20:33
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FAT doors
Rob
I have a Mar.08/44 build CGT I still have the rusty remnants of the rear doors; they are very similar to your 3/4 length double wall style, door skin folds and spot welds. The only difference is on mine is I have an additional storage shelf at the very bottom. Hinges are the shorter version and bolted to the outside of the body. Seems the Cab 13 FAT rear bodies were made in at least 2 versions. Good luck on your project, have references from my project, happy to help! Walde
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16-03-11, 22:39
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FAT doors
Interesting to see how they differ from the doors on the locally produced FATs in Australia. The crew doors were narrow and made from cut down front doors. The rear door on the No8 FAT was wider than the crew doors but still made from a front door. You can see the neat weld lines on the inside, which has the standard inner skin pattern.
The No9 FAT had the same crew doors as the No8 but two rear doors instead of one, which were new fabrications not using the front doors, and were held in place by a sliding bolt. It bemuses me that both manufacturers made the same bodies with detail differences given the relatively small numbers produced, when a large production body like the 2A used on 15CWT CMPs here was only made by Holden. The No6 Bofors tractor had crew doors about the same size as the others but these were made from scratch with a raised cross pattern on the inner skin. These bodies were only made by Holden.
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern
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17-03-11, 02:38
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Thanks for the inputs guys...
See hinge pics. Smaller hinge 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch with 3 mounting slotted bolts. Larger hinge 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch with 2 mounting slotted bolts.
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1
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