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Old 17-04-16, 12:31
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hi Jacques

I did have a few of those log book holders at one time, I think somebody had a big heap of them and a few of us grabbed some , probably back in the 1970's or 80's.

Anyway I always thought the cover was canvas I am not at issue with Jason's suggestion as he might have a complete original holder .

Do you have a log book ? They were around , Hudsons stores in Bourke st , used to sell them as note books for 50 cents I did buy some of the carrier log books from them .
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Old 18-04-16, 00:55
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Hi Mike

do you have any images of the log books as i would like to find one
and my holder is still original and fitted to my FGT , mine is leather, but that doesn't
mean that some were not made from canvas or changed to canvas as they rotted or fell apart .

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Old 18-04-16, 01:10
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Hi Mike and Jason,

Me too, for a photo. No, I don't have a logbook yet.

I'm thinking the same thing regarding material for the flap being either Jason.

It's a bit like the rubber and canvas gearstick boots.

I saw a photo of a logbook holder once on the web and darn if I can find it again. I admit I am not the greatest at searching this forum so maybe it was even here.

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Old 18-04-16, 04:34
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The log books were printed for carriers and motorcycles and the softskins .

They were all the same size..and format , just had the different titles . I think I have a carrier one somewhere . A few of the VMVC members bought them when Hudsons stores had heaps of them , they sold them as notebooks . I believe Hudsons also had NOS carrier steering wheels and other gems too. Ah the memories

We didn't think they were anything special at the time , 1976 .
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Old 18-04-16, 08:50
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The holder I have has a green leather flap.
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Old 01-05-16, 03:45
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I have an Australian built Holden Body Works general service body mounted on my F-15A chassis. It had previously been on a F-15 chassis.

I have noted something strange about the channels on the body that rest on the chassis. For some apparent reason they have been recessed, at great effort, into the transverse floor cross members.

Was this a modification during production or another "Dodgey Bros" one by a civilian owner? Were the bodies slightly different between the F-15 and the F-15A?

I also note those channels have three welded on steel plates with rubber pads between them and the chassis rails. I am of the understanding that old truck bodies are always mounted on wooden battens along the entire length of the body and chassis to uniformly spread out the load.

If they are "Dodgey" ones I can replace them with some original uncut ones if required, but I don't want to go to that trouble if I don't have to. You can see on the photo of another Holden body floor that the channels are mounted on top of the transverse cross members.

Noted this recently when trying to reattach the fuel lines to the tanks. There was no room between the tank and body to swing the spanner to tighten the flare nuts which made me think the body was mounted too low on the chassis.

My gut feeling is they are "Dodgey" ones but hope I am wrong to save some work.

Any information gratefully received.

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Old 01-05-16, 22:58
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I am of the understanding that old truck bodies are always mounted on wooden battens along the entire length of the body and chassis to uniformly spread out the load.
Not sure about the Australian-built bodies, but as far as I know all the British and Canadian bodies had wooden longitudinal sills.

See 15-cwt GS body: 2H1 composite wood and steel for some detail drawings and photos.

The all-steel 2C1 body on my F15A has U-shaped steel channels as longitudinal sills with wooden inserts which rest on the top of the frame rails.

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