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Chev Blitz tipper?
G'day folks,
I saw this vehicle today, for sale not so far from me. It was the bloke's fire unit until about five years ago. I've tried to find out about Blitz tippers, but none of those pictured online look quite the same. It appears that many of them had dual rear wheels and spaced front wheels. Also, the bottom of the tray looks later. I'm wondering what it is? The tray seems to have been painted the same green as the cab, at some point. If the tray isn't original, it does appear to be military, as there is a lot of dark green paint under various parts. I couldn't see any sign of an ARN, as the paint is pretty-well gone in the area in question. The owner is a really friendly and helpful bloke. I'm a blitz noob! What do we have here? Cheers, Matt
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1942 International K5 3-ton truck ARN 43362 1940 Holden-bodied Chevrolet staff-car 1941 Holden-bodied Chevrolet staff car |
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looks like a fairly complete late model 13 cab General Service. Rear body is original GS unit and if it 'tips' it has been made to do so post war. Doors are the canvas type and the spare wheel carrier original as well. Good find
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C60l
Hi Matt,
I would appear to be a standard C60L fixed side tray. The dash and doors would also make it late production. I would suspect it was used by NSW bush fire brigade going by the colour scheme. The tray is original and should have a storage box or two under the left hand side. I have a very simular truck for sale in Melbourne if anyone is interested.
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There you go, told you I was a Blitz noob! Thanks, gents.
What are the best references for learning about these vehicles? Is there a definitive book? This one has a Holden six in it, so if I wanted it, I imagine I'd have to find an original engine for it, eventually. A Blitz would be an ideal machine, I just need to convince the boss of the house! Then there's the question of a fair price. The owner is a good bloke, so I'd want to offer him a decent price. It's all subjective, I guess. Cheers, Matt
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Matt did he tell you a price???
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He did, Shane. Based on those that sold at an auction in Marrar a couple of years ago, he put it at around 5k, given that his is a runner. I have no idea, and I don't want to insult him, but I'd be interested to know what prices have been lately. I'm a little reluctant to bring it up, as I've been on forums where people arrive and ask questions about price because they want a free valuation. That'd not the case here, and I hope I'm not giving anyone that idea, especially as I'm looking as a potential buyer, not someone looking to sell.
I fully understand if people prefer not to comment. Cheers, Matt
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No worries mate. I think along the lines of the fact they just don't and never will make these trucks again. So how much is something worth, just as much as one is willing to pay. It all depends on what you want but because i have Cab 12 goggles on i think 5K would bring in a better truck than this.
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Combaning Blitz
G'day Matt,
I had a look at this truck a few months back while I was working out that way. From memory, (I'll have to find the photos), the engine is not a Holden, but the correct Chev OHV six. The brake booster is not original, looks to be Bedford (?) remotely mounted where the LH fuel tank should be. It is a very neat and tidy truck which IMHO would be an easy restoration. It is outside my budget, and also has the wrong badging, so I would like to see it snapped up. Cheers, H
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G'day Howard,
Thanks very much. It's now on the top of my desirable list! Just gotta work out how to get, 1) the coin, and 2) approval from the Minister for War and Finance! Cheers, Matt
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Matt I don't think you should feel bad trying to knock the price down a bit. If you can't afford 5k tell him. Your being honest, you want to restore it, not wreck it so it is going to a good home. The truck looks great, I don't think you will regret buying it.
I don't think an offer of 3k is rude. You can always go up if he says no.
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Whatever you decide to offer Matt, it's worth knowing this truck has been listed on ebay at some stage. It appears in my saved ebay images, as seen below.
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Ah, I remember that truck Tony. Northern Vic wasn't it? Only a few years ago. And around 8k asking price. Or have I got that wrong.
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Marrar
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I did persuade him to sell a ex army 1941 ford 15 cwt truck 11D .... the rare model with the widened car 16" wheels . Glassons in Wagga had it as A TOW TRUCK in blue livery . I did a rough rebuild on it and took it to tassie where I got it registered in Devonport ! The ferry trip over was nice , my brother lives down there . I sold it to a film company and if you ever see a movie "the nun and the bandit" thats my truck in the movie . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun_and_the_Bandit Paul Cox came out of the Middle Park office and said hi to me as I was replacing the radiator , they paid me to do some work on it, they paid 800 bucks to have the radiator recored Cannot believe this ..on u tube my truck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0pGxXBTyI the tyres on it are bar treads ..very cut up ones too . I hand painted the vehicle with house paint ! Bill had some very nice CMP's in his collection . As a teenager during the war, he told me, Wirraways would often fly over the farm on training hops . One crashed into a tree near Marrar killing the 2 flyers . The roof of his bungalow was held down by heavy lumps of metal tied to ropes and hung over the eaves ..... I have some pics of some of his vehicles somewhere
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Chevrolet C60L ARN 89131
Moderator's note: split off from Australian CMP spare tyre carrier and merged with Chev Blitz tipper?
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It has a build date of 27/10/44 stamped on the plate. Going by that, his quite well could be a 1944 truck. Or am I wrong??
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Good to see that Old Junee is has joined Ganmain as the spreading Blitz zone of the Riverina! Regardless, I'm glad that it's growing in an easterly direction; at that rate it should reach me in Junee soon!
All the best with your resto, Richard. Cheers, Matt
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Probably not going to be a restoration, more a "fix what is broken to get it on the road"
and not far from you now lol
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Build Date
Hi Richard,
Good that your truck has the build plate (Darrin's did/does not), which helps with the possibilities. Your truck is possibly 89131 from the same batch of Stores (Unbinned) taken on charge in NSW. The chassis numbers have a gap - 3844361278 is one of them, but given the sequence around it, 89131 with engine PR3946239, is the best possibility. Your vehicle was disposed of in 1962. (The other is 89127). So, the possibility is that the batch of chassis arrived in 1943 and were assembled out of their boxes from Canada and stamped in late 1943, (even early 1944), but assembly of the complete truck with its special body wasn't completed until Oct 1944, when the plate was fixed onto the dash (it's almost the last thing to happen). Given the wind-down in requirements for CMPs from 1943 onwards, and that this is a specialist vehicle, possibly with a lower delivery priority (each different body type had a delivery priority), this might well be the case. It's a theory, anyway, that accounts for a 1943-stamped chassis with a build date well into 1944! Mike Last edited by Mike Cecil; 29-05-15 at 23:53. |
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Ask questions, and usually the answer comes. Good luck with your truck. See you (and it) at Corowa! Cheers H And to answer your question when we spoke on the phone the other night, "What is Corowa"? Vids by our own Keefy Sorry to hijack your thread, Ken... Fingers your truck has been discussed before HERE
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Engine PR3946239 is what is on the plate, but not sure if that is the engine in the truck now.
The 89131 you refer to... what number is that, or what does it indicate?
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Fingers Old Junee NSW Australia 1944 C60L ARN 89131 |
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Arn
89131 is the Australian Commonwealth registration number, commonly referred to as the Army Registration Number or 'ARN'. It is the number painted in white numerals on the flats below the windscreen, either side of the bonnet, and on the rear tail gate.
Glad I picked it correctly - it was the most likely, and the engine number on the plate is the link we needed to confirm its Army identity. Mike |
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Arn 89131
Gday all, I thought I should start a thread on my truck rather than continue the hijack of another members thread.
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22899 And http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ight=combaning Now that I have the ARN, A) how do I go about finding where and to whom it was stationed? B) how it was originally specified (ie. did it have any special equipment, colour scheme, did it have the canvas canopy on the back, etc.) Thanks to Mike Cecil, he has helped a lot. Quote:
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Thanks in advance
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I'm fairly shore Howard has a Chev in his stable.
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Info
The info Mike has provided is about as much as is available - the AWM 126 series of vehicle registration records are pretty light on for detail unfortunately and usually only show the ARN, engine and chassis number, wheel size, body type, where taken on charge, sometimes engine number changes, and often disposal dates and where they were disposed and to whom. Actually that's quite a bit but there is nothing there of their actual service life.
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Ok, so without knowing how this particular truck was specified, what would be the most likely/common colour and equipment?
Was the canvas canopy standard on a General Service body?
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I have now split off the relevant postings from Australian CMP spare tyre carrier and merged with the Chev Blitz tipper? thread in an effort to keep everything pertaining your truck in one thread. HTH, Hanno
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Keith said 'The info Mike has provided is about as much as is available - the AWM 126 series of vehicle registration records are pretty light on for detail unfortunately and usually only show the ARN, engine and chassis number, wheel size, body type, where taken on charge, sometimes engine number changes, and often disposal dates and where they were disposed and to whom." which is all true, of course.
When the ARN is not visible, the hard part is matching an engine or chassis number to the ARN - they are not in any particular order in the registers. This time, thanks to knowing 89134's details from previous posts, it made it easier, but that's mostly not the case. It's usually like looking for a needle in a haystack (and it is a very big haystack!) Beyond that, finding an individual history on a particular vehicle is almost impossible. Your truck was also a 'Stores Unbinned', so a GS-type steel base body with hood bows and a cyclone-wire 'cage', all covered with a canvas canopy. Overall colour at time of issue would have been Khaki Green No.3 (Gas Resisting), possibly with a single or double disruptive colour applied, and since it continued to serve post-war, was probably overpainted (when it needed a paint job), with Deep Bronze Green with a gloss finish. Be nice to see a 'Stores Unbinned' restored as such. Mike Last edited by Mike Cecil; 02-06-15 at 03:40. |
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I can add nothing technical to the conversation but will pass on a story that may raise a chuckle.
I worked with a fellow who had been regular army for many years, everyone knew him as the sar major. On one occasion he was involved in a drive past in revue and he and several others were placed in the back of a truck inside a wire cage (sounds very much like a 'stores unbinned') As they drove past the saluting base some of the fellows hung from the wire and hooted like monkeys. There was hell to pay after the parade. David
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Now that 'vision' gave me quite a chuckle! Good one Davo!
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Thanks Hanno for the reorganisation.
Mike, I don't plan on doing a full restoration on it, but it does need some things attended to. I do like the idea of putting some of the missing equipment back on it, like the tail gate, the canopy (now I know it should have one), the canvas doors and windows, etc.
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Ah, it all makes sense. Glad to see that Terry's Blitz has found a good home. All the best with it.
I put it to the Minister for War and Finance a year ago that it would've made a great investment but she told me to finish my Inter first! Wise words, really... Fancy meeting up sometime? I reckon a catchup of all the local MV people would be good fun. Cheers, Matt
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