Nathans C60L

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Great catch! Shows there are still viable projects out there waiting to be found. I reckon there will be more of them now that the first generation who snapped up these trucks from army sales, or the ones who first acquired them for restoration are slowly fading away.

H.

[Tony Smith]

Looks like a 235 Blue Flame engine, nice find.

[Nathan O'Malley]

Hi folks

Has been a long time since i updated anything on here and i apoligize i know there is a few fellas that follow my trucks who are'nt on facebook.

I get tunnel vision when im busy which for the Chev has been quite a good thing we are nearing its 1st anniversary of its purchase.

At the moment the old girl is close to completion im hoping for a roadworthy before ANZAC day however that may be a little too ambitious.

So heres a few teasers of where we are with it now, I will get some full write ups going on how we got here before too much longer.

[Nathan O'Malley]

Part of the reason I never wanted a 60L was getting the things home if youre sneaky you can get a 15A home on one of those magical hired car trailers you cant do that with a 60L.

So we had to get the chev home somehow luckily enough i grew up on a farm and we know all the farmers in the local area and one very helpful bloke allowed us to borrow his Semi for a tank of fuel and a carton of beer. cannot thank that fella enough hes been invaluble in the restoration of this truck.

Once again i was on my long swing for the solar farm construction job and unable to head out to pick the truck up so the old man & my grandfather went out to collect it.

No dramas the Chev performed perfectly and happily drove itself on to the Semi for the hour journey home.

The stop at the Tailem Bend service station was an amusing one Dad has gone in to pay for the fuel and come back to 8 truckies staring at the odd creature on the trailer its amazing in Australia how much attention these old trucks attract everyone either remembers them as Grandpas old farm truck or the first thing they ever learned to drive in.

[Howard]

Great stuff, Nathan!