Expressions of Interest: 4XFord CMP's and parts - NSW Australia

[Keith Webb]

A couple of familiar shapes



There is another radiator on the left out of shot. The door has had something welded to the top of it.



One of these front shells has holes cut in each side for a racy exhaust.



Nice pile 'o parts



There are a lot of 16" wheels - here's the remains of an original Canadian tyre...



And the F15 chassis it may well have come from. Yes, that's an Aussie toolbox too.



Inside there are lots of grouped parts in the shed.

[Keith Webb]

The familiar shapes shot didn't work. Oh... yes it did - just hadn't loaded!

And an interesting magneto to fit a sidevalve V8 in working condition.



This is what gave me the clue about the ambulance. The other tank is still on the truck.



The clutch department.

[Keith Webb]

Here's the other fuel tank.



The interior of the 6X6. Note the neatly fabricated engine doghouse.



And good to see he's preserved the stenciling from the ambulance.



This is the engine installation on the shortened truck with 20" wheels:



And this is the interior of the F15A. Both this and the crane were sunshine roofs.

[hrpearce]

Keeth you must have felt like you were in Blitz heaven

[Keith Webb]

Oh yes!

What I didn't mention was it was a morning of discovery. Just south of Young there is a batch of four Chevs on a farm visible from the road, then coming into Boorowa there's an ex-RAAF Chev crane still in use and next to it the remains of two C15s, and another blitz on a hill on the way to Rugby. So if you count the chassis, there were 14 new discoveries. That doesn't happen often in one day.

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Keeth you must have felt like you were in Blitz heaven

[Howard]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Oh yes!

What I didn't mention was it was a morning of discovery. Just south of Young there is a batch of four Chevs on a farm visible from the road, then coming into Boorowa there's an ex-RAAF Chev crane still in use and next to it the remains of two C15s, and another blitz on a hill on the way to Rugby. So if you count the chassis, there were 14 new discoveries. That doesn't happen often in one day.

Did you get a closer look at the Chevs?

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Howard

Did you get a closer look at the Chevs?

Why, are you going to change camps?

The short answer is no, not enough time... the ones at Boorowa I had a brief look at, just enough to see the WO R101 on the crane... the two C15 chassis with it were wrecks and the others were on farms.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

And an interesting magneto to fit a sidevalve V8 in working condition.

This is a Lucas 8WRSF magneto off a Nunn Generator. It fits a '37-'41 engine with a 3 bolt cam cover, ie the Diver's Helmet style of Dizzy. Having no spark advance, it's not really suitable for a vehicle engine, more suited for stationary/industrial applications.

It looks like it's had a mounting bolt ear broken off, but might still be useful. When you've bought the lot Keith, I'll have a word to you about this!

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

There are a lot of 16" wheels - here's the remains of an original Canadian tyre... And the F15 chassis it may well have come from..

The tyre's a 10.50-16, so is more likely to have been an original on the Ambulance than an F15.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Inside there are lots of grouped parts in the shed.

I can see the headlines now:

"I picked up a case of Crabs on the Rugby trip"

(Unfortunately, that's too close to the real headlines these days! )