Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

While scavengong with me on Sunday, Andy spotted and brought to my attention a vintage prime mover turntable which was still mounted on rear of a CMP. I didnt make a serious enquiry about that on the day, mostly because of the excitement of visual sensory overload which comes of trying to scan eyes everywhere, in case you miss something. I intend to speak with the owner in coming days, and will ask about that then. I'm still notconvinced that I want to restore my vehicle as a F60T, but it would be good to keep the option open for now.

That would be great, an F60T would really stand out in the crowd, surely you would have the only restored one in Australia. No "boring back body", but you'd have to find a trailer. What's the wheelbase of your chassis?

H.

[Private_collector]

you'd have to find a trailer. What's the wheelbase of your chassis?

By pure dumb luck, the chassis had been shortened to 115" WB. If I have read correctly, this is the precise length of a F60T.

I'll contact the owner of the turntable and ask about a price. It is amongst the wrecks which I have posted about a couple of weeks ago. That's where the window frame came from last weekend too.

From what I have been told, those wrecks will go to auction in coming weeks/months. If auction becomes definate, I will advise this on MLU.

Here's a heads up: Amongst these trucks, are at least 4 USABLE doors. mostly Chev, but very suitable for rebuilding. In fact, two of em are better than the ones I repaired for my truck!