good bye C60 hello ford fat

[Niels V]

Hi
Here are the measurements of the hatches on my CGT.
They might vary a bit from vehicle to vehicle.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Sylvain,

Great project, sad to hear it was butchered for the wrong reasons.

The bodies were manufactured by independent body manufacturers and could be fitted to either Ford or Chevrolet chassis.

The following scan may be of some help for its reconstruction:

15a FAT_7A1-7B1.jpg

[Alex van de Wetering]

Sylvain,

Congrats! That's a nice truck. It always hurts to see a truck a neglected truck.... that was once on the show circuit. But, you have a good base there to build up a nice truck again.

Hanno helped me to measure up a FAT body for RichCam a few years ago, but sadly that truck was pretty beaten up and missing the rear section of the body. If they are of any help, I can dig up what we measured, but I am sure Niels' complete truck will give more detailed info.

I bought some Chev cab 11 parts from a guy in France a few months ago; he still has some things, but sadly no front panelwork that i know of. I can send his email-address to you by PM if you like.

You can find NOS headlights at LWDparts in Holland. LWDparts also have NOS Chev grille surrounds for the Cab11....I think You could use this for a cab 12 with some work on the upper edges (?).

Alex

[Niels V]

Alex
If you have the measurements please do dig them out it could be fun to see how much they vary.
cheers Niels

[Harlé Sylvain]

hello
Thank you both for your helps on this project,
I'm just back from belgium, I was there to visit an very nice member of this forum ,wich help me to complete my truck !

On the road We visit many remember places from WWI and WWII we also visit the canadian memorial of Vimy, still always impressed fast 100 years after!!!


In the next days I will clean the rear of the truck , I remove fast all the compartiment , they were only glued with a few bad welding points
here are some pictures of the truck with is new nose!

Regards
Sylvain

[Alex van de Wetering]

Silvain,

I guess I was tired yesterday, as I hadn't noticed your FAT is a Ford ....not a Chev...so my suggestion for the grille surround was a bit misleading.....as for Ford use you would also have had to modify the air inlets from Chev mesh to Ford louvres. Anyway, I am glad you already have the parts needed in the meantime, Well done!

@ Niels. Will do. I will try to dig up the material, this weekend.

Alex

[jeepjes]

Hi,
That blue color looks familiar....
Glad I could help you !
Good luck with the rest of your project.
All the best,
Egbert

[Alex van de Wetering]

If you have the measurements please do dig them out it could be fun to see how much they vary.

Niels, Silvain, the FAT.....or actually two FATs, I measured, lacked most of rear body and lids. Attached is a pic of the side, rearmost lid. The other pic shows the side bin right above the rear wheel; sadly the lid was missing.
The measuring aid--> large white and black blocks are 5cmx5cm, small blocks are 1cmx1cm

By the way, both trucks were for sale as a job lot, with one very good chassis. They might still be available(?). Peter Geert Hommes was the broker for the trucks.

Alex

[blitzkriegwarrior]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Sylvain,

Great project, sad to hear it was butchered for the wrong reasons.

The bodies were manufactured by independent body manufacturers and could be fitted to either Ford or Chevrolet chassis.

The following scan may be of some help for its reconstruction:

Attachment 77302

what is the difference between body variants 7B1 , 7B2 and 7B3 ?