Now I'm excited

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by DaveBuckle

I see - thankyou very much (say it like Elvis)
Does the info on the tags guarantee it is the original cab for that chassis?

Those tags are normally just internal factory production numbering with no correlation - WO FRT END is a generic title... the more telling thing is the roadster cab which applied to C15As mostly, so it is likely the original cab. I assume the data plate on top of the dash is missing.
Are you able to find the ARN under the paint in front of the windscreens?

[Keith Webb]

Incidentally chassis number 2844400439S was at Corowa for Year of the Blitz in 2002 - ARN 65644 but I don't have a pic handy. Unsure who owned it.

[DaveBuckle]

It was NRMA tow vehicle after the war - there only seems to be a couple of layers of that ...
Will have to return rear springs to original configuration - beefed up to support jib and winch.
DH NRMA.jpg DH Springs.jpg
er, why I my photos now turning upside down?!

[DaveBuckle]

I'll be darned (at Corowa) - I bought it off local well-known family business - ol Dad had been doing it up in shed until he passed away bout 10 years ago. Nowra (Sth Coast NSW) area.

[DaveBuckle]

Ah hang on, sorry, not my truck - couple of feet down the assembly line ...

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by DaveBuckle

er, why I my photos now turning upside down?!

I'm not going to make any remarks about where you live....

DH NRMA.jpg DH Springs.jpg

[Luke R]

Anyone got some pictures of what a AALMG Blitz should look like anyway?

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Luke R

Anyone got some pictures of what a AALMG Blitz should look like anyway?

Mike Cecil would know for certain but I think AALMG just refers to the gallows mount fitted to so many CMPs and other Australian vehicles AALMG = Anti-aircraft light machine gun. Those mounts were counterbalanced to support a bren gun, so nothing special.

It was positioned so a gunner could stand in the hatch and use the bren/gallows combination for protection from aircraft.

There was a SP Bofors version but that's another story.

[Keith Webb]

A couple of quick and low-res images, the F15A with Sunshine Roof has a rather bent AALMG mount - they were very susceptible to being hit by branches or low roofs by drivers who forgot they were there... and the other is the Bofors SP version on a F60L.

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Keith and David,

I don't want to go too far off topic but as this thread has been identifying vehicles I thought I might add a few observations.

Zooming in on your photo of the F15-A with the bent gallows gives an ARN of 132159 which shows as a Battery Staff vehicle in the AWM records.

Was nice to see the 2 gallon foam extinguisher on the drivers side bracket as Mike Cecil pointed out to me a few weeks back. Also the 5 ton bridge disk and wheel valance storage lockers. Thanks again Mike. Still don't know what the bracket above the extinguisher is for. Radio mast maybe?

The question I have is from the ARN book extract posted here.

ARN 132156 list it as type "H" and ARN 132158 list it as type "GA" Both are Battery staff if the ditto marks from a previous entry are correct. So what are "H" and "GA" type vehicles?

My parts truck seems to be originally a Battery Staff vehicle based on the transmission s/n which gives it an ARN of 55166. The foam extinguisher holder and sunshine roof adds to the likelihood. Pity the sunshine roof is so rotted away however that the only thing salvageable are some of the fittings.

Cheers,