help with engine swap to 8BA engine

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by aj.lec

Even better if someone in Oz knows the whereabouts of an available original beetleback body for the purpose

Yes that's going to be a tough ask in Australia, I believe only one Field Regiment brought them here, that being 2/11 Fd. Regt. They landed in Adelaide and shipped up to Qld where they were painted two-tone camo and given ARNs, but they appear to have left them behind when they went to Darwin. Who knows what happened to them after the war, probably went the way of most FGTs into sawmills.

I remember that chassis turning up on ebay, I was all set to bid for it until Keith told me it was near you. Which is rather fortunate because I certainly don't need any more FGT headache projects!


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[aj.lec]

Yes it will be a challenge . Probably end up with a repro unfortunately
A few projects ahead of that one at the moment
Interesting I haven't heard of any other Cab 11 FGT in any form in Australia . A few Cab 12 but rare on the ground too