Workshop Trucks

Keith Webb · #1 15-05-20, 13:41

8443 under the bonnet is the GM chassis code for C60L and 1942 is the model year.

The chassis number should be left front chassis rail.

The small plate is not that helpful either.

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Originally Posted by DaveBuckle

That I took delivery of a C60L workshop truck today.
1) Any info and or specs for restoring the rear woodwork would be much appreciated. Also the specs on the metal hinges will be needed.
2) Do the numbers under the bonnet reveal anything to the "code-breakers" among us? (as I cannot get the chassis number to show itself - are they known to be put anywhere else?)
I will put progress pix on the restoration part of this forum as they happen - will also put on some of my Morris CS8 when significant progress is made.
Many thanks in advance o wise ones.

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DaveBuckle · #2 15-05-20, 15:25

Thanks Keith - agreed and agreed - but cannot find - place in question.
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Mike Cecil · #3 15-05-20, 16:41

Engine number might help .... just a chance it still has the engine from when it was in service. Machinery trucks didn't do as many miles, or get treated as roughly, as GS trucks.

I agree with Keith re the small plate: it is the number of the front end sheet metal plate (stamped 'WO Front End') so not traceable to a particular vehicle from surviving records. But the date might help narrow things down a bit.

Mike

DaveBuckle · #4 18-05-20, 12:52

Thanks Mike - engine number is: WR3925878.
Story from seller was it was used in a shed to drive something via its PTO - which eventually seized. Condition of cab, floor, steps, suspension etc. and general lack of rust supports this.

Mike Cecil · #5 18-05-20, 19:38

Hi Dave,

I've come frustratingly close to that engine number: WR3925879, which was in a C15A, registration 141321, and all around your number, but not IT.

The records, particularly for longer-serving special vehicles (as workshop trucks were), are overwritten to the point of being almost illegible, so very difficult to track down. Still, the above gives you somewhere to start looking in AWM126 while you while away the hours under lockdown!!

Regards

Mike

DaveBuckle · #6 19-05-20, 11:37

Thanks again Mike - I was looking too high and right - where it is on my C15A.
Found it in the same place (of course) as my donor C60L that lives on a farm out west.
I see it as: 28443P00478?
While I'm feeling lucky - where might I chance across the (painted over) ARN?
Chassis No.jpg

Mike Cecil · #7 19-05-20, 16:58

Dave

The two flat panels on the front sheet metal below the windscreen, ie both sides. Numbers should be 3 to 3.5 inches high, white paint, five or six numerals. If 6, it will start with '1'.

Your truck was built/assembled in the GMH plant in Perth, WA - (the P in the chassis number).

Mike

Hanno Spoelstra · #8 19-05-20, 18:38

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Originally Posted by DaveBuckle

Thanks again Mike - I was looking too high and right - where it is on my C15A.
Found it in the same place (of course) as my donor C60L that lives on a farm out west.
I see it as: 28443P00478?

So where dit you find it? Could you make a pic standing back and point it out on the chassis?

Thanks in advance,