C15A - WO16 - Chev Blitz - Looking for guidance

peterinair67 · #1 15-07-09, 02:08

Got a hold of a Winch I can get to and recover in the Summer if we chose to go that way - Looks like this one also have brackets that will be easier to fit to my chassis. In summary, proceeding to sell the extended winch so save my hassle with the mods on the widened spool and altered configuration or keep as a nice piece about the place if it doesn't sell & use for parts in the future. Thanks for the opinions on solving this one for me. Very helpful.

peterinair67 · #2 24-07-09, 18:02

Can anyone give me some pointers on this? Can't find reference in the manual.

S LATHERON (RIP) · #3 24-07-09, 19:40

Hello Peter
Looking at the picture of the winch you can buy. Yes that looks a lot less work than re working the heavily modified one. However is the whole chassis that the [summer] winch is in for sale? maybe not to daft an idea to use that rolling frame as a Basis for the rebuild and use the best parts of the two chassis to give a straight forward project At the very least just use the frame and add your own Cab, Engine ,Transmission Springs and Axles.
In this scenario providing they are both Chev You can Overhaul A complete Axle and suspension off your original unit and after Sandblasting summer frame just re assemble the Reconditioned units.,straight onto it.
Once you have a fully rebuilt truck you will have a pile of Used items that someone else may wish to take on Without the hassle of removing them!
Whatever you decide to do all the best

Stephen

Rob Beale · #4 24-07-09, 22:01

I'm not sure why that hole is there, because the one on the other side by the starter has the pointer for timing the motor.

Rob

peterinair67 · #5 05-08-09, 10:57

Engine is out. Now to clean her up.

peterinair67 · #6 16-08-09, 14:28

Getting her apart and starting to prep

Phil Waterman · #7 16-08-09, 18:00

Hi Peter

The parts hanging on the cloths line has got to be an all time classic. With the parts hanging next to the regular car ready to paint a close second. Now if you had already painted the parts and the regular car was covered in over spray that would put it in a real 1st prize winning category.

All of us who have restored vehicles in the yard or family garage can appreciate the effort and ingenuity. Keep up the good work with effort you are putting in getting down to bare metal and prep the end result should be equally impressive.

Cheers Phil

peterinair67 · #8 15-09-09, 14:18

Found these markings on the Blitz. 61879. Left and right sides, running vertical on top panel, next to engine hood. Found an old picture of Military 4WD Test with number 61824 with numbers in the same location. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to track how the truck would have been used? More on it's Military group. Thanks.

Keith Webb · #9 15-09-09, 19:39

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Originally Posted by peterinair67

Found these markings on the Blitz. 61879. Left and right sides, running vertical on top panel, next to engine hood. Found an old picture of Military 4WD Test with number 61824 with numbers in the same location. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to track how the truck would have been used? More on it's Military group. Thanks.

Hi again Peter. It's tantalising when you find one with a close ARN. The WW2 pic was taken at Monegeeta near Melbourne.

You will be able to look it up at the Australian War Memorial in the AWM 126 series of ledgers but this will be unlikely to tell you more than the very basic details of original body type, tyre size and perhaps when and to whom it was disposed of. They don't have any details of it's actual unit use.