Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

Thanks Tony,

That settles that question. I knew somebody would be able to make a definitive call.
Kind of a shame, but at least I don't feel guilty about removing the extra spring packs, and replacing the back 15-16" of rails. I think the person who did the chassis shortening would be honoured that his work was only able to be picked by chassis holes!

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Tony,

Sorry to hear your F60T is actually a cut down F60L. Still, you have lots of the donkey work done so it would not be too hard to change direction a little bit should you so wish.

I found out the hard way many years ago that Blitzes are not always what they appear. I bought a second "very original" F15A soon after I bought the first cab chassis as I thought my first one was missing too many items to be a good starting point. Sadly, after I bought it and had a good crawl under it, I realized I had bought a dodgied up F15 converted (poorly) to a F15A. The giveaways were the transfer case crossmember was bolted to the chassis and not riveted, the transmission crossmember was the F15 type, and the front engine crossmember was arched out via a gas axe for front diff clearance to simulate a 4 x 4 chassis.

I changed direction by restoring the first F15A chassis which luckily was in very good shape and transferred many of the items from the dodgied up F15 one onto it. It actually worked out fairly well as it did give up the GS body, spare tyre carrier, and many other bits that were missing from the first one so all was not lost- other than paying perhaps too much for the second one!

So whichever way you go, moving forward you can be very proud of the good work you have already put into it and all the great knowledge you have picked up along the way.

Cheers,

[Private_collector]

Oh well, it was exciting while it lasted.
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Amidst all the uncertainty and disappointment, I managed to recover from depression long enough to make another two brackets for the gun shield. At least I know it's original, albeit my original fake!
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Next will be the brackets x2 for the telescope case.

Speaking of depression, Bryce returns to Bandiana next Sunday, and we are planning to cancel his shuttle pickup from Sunshine Coast so we can take him to Brisbane airport ourselves. That way we steal another couple of hours with him. While here, he successfully obtained his motorbike licence. Whoopdy do, and blast. I an NOT keen on him riding a bike. Seen too many of the 'after' scenarios from collisions, but he's an adult now and has to lead his life his own way........I guess. I can't talk. I had 2 bikes myself. 1x BSA bantam, and 1x Honda NSR-R. One wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, and the other wretched thing, a 2-stroke, tried to kill me every time I rode it. Evil thing it was.