1943 lend lease chevrolet (3ton)

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Shaun Mastin

its rod smith from the gmrg

Geelong military ????? group

[Shaun Mastin]

Yeah mate Geelong military re enacting group

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Shaun Mastin

Yeah mate Geelong military re enacting group

Ok

I see you have flat top pistons in that 216 ? . This would be a 1941 onwards US sourced engine. The head was designed to go with those pistons.

The Canadian engines had the domed cast iron pistons e.g. CMP's used . If you try to fit the other type of head the domed pistons hit the head !

They also changed the valves and other minor changes , so be aware of this when ordering parts

[Shaun Mastin]

so after everything got sandblasted and got new bushes for the shackle pins, I got everything put back together and painted and started working on the steel work of the tray.
when most of these trucks came out here , the aussies put an 8mm strengthening plate along the side of the chassis to beef the load capacity to 3ton
mine started to delaminate so I had to take it of and make up new ones. the originals were riveted on, instead of re riveting it I brought 13mm bolts and bolted it back up , and then ran a bead of truck silicone on the joints to prevent water from getting in there again

[Euan McDonald]

Looking good Shaun, when did you want to pick up the hood bows for Phil?

[Shaun Mastin]

Thanks mate , ummmm not sure yet , I thought he was picking them up ? ,I'll proberly get it when I start the making the tray

[Shaun Mastin]

Now all that is finished I proceeded on starting with the cab and boy was there a lot of work to be done , most of these trucks theres the use all places of rust like the bottom quarters and where the two sheets of the cab meet at the rib at the back, I did most of the repairs before I sent everything of to get sandblasted

these photos I repaired the front lower quarters which where rotted out and I started to cut out all the rust of the back of the cab.