Another C60L Restoration

[Matt Austin]

G'day folks,

This piqued my interest...

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

...The body was a nice find. Was it 'local', maybe Elphinstone? I think I recognise it! These were generally built at the GM-H Special Body Plant at Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne. This plant afixed a large brass plate to the lower wooden coaming on the rear, but they are mostly long gone...

Mike

My International K5 has such a plate. I removed it, cleaned it up, (as it was coated in flaked white paint) and primed it in grey, for now. I don't know if they're easy to find, but it could be replicated.

Attached is a pic, which may be of some interest.

Cheers,
Matt

[Tony Mathers]

Thanks Mike I will be patient..... maybe

I have owned a copy of Armed and ready. Industrial development and Defence of Australia, 1900-1945 since it was published and I remember reading the trials and tribulations of trying to get enough machine tools during wartime.

Hence my query about that old English lathe.


Matt that plate looks awesome.... dammm something else I have to find.

[Tony Mathers]

I did manage to visit Keith last night, and as well as a few lovely trinkets, I got a lovely front for my truck with working and complete air vents as well as the bottom half of a gearbox.
Looking at the newly acquired gearbox made me realize my original gearbox had a extra growth hanging out the side.


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Can anyone tell me what it is?

[Lynn Eades]

You are referring to the PTO ?(power take off unit)

[Tony Mathers]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

You are referring to the PTO ?(power take off unit)

Ok yes probably - what would it be connected to? this was a supply truck.

Thanks

[Mike Cecil]

Matt,

Yes, that is the plate I was referring to. Nice that you have it with your truck: a difficult item to find.

Mike C

[Tony Mathers]

After trying to work out from the AWM photos what the funny looking rack was at the back of all wartime workshop trucks, I was able to see for myself what they were at Bandiana. It held 8 annex poles 50x50x2100. After getting a quote for kiln dried hardwood (max of 45mm thick) $250 for the 8, I settled for green hardwood (45mm to 50mm thick) at $50. I ran them through the planer at work today to get them to the correct shape, then carefully stacked them so they dry slowly while the rest of the restoration happens....

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The long skinny box behind the drivers seat holds the legs for the benches/drop sides. Does any one have a photo of one of these legs? they should be around 1200mm long and there probably would be 15 per truck. Unfortunately the Bandiana workshop trucks are missing their ones.