F60S
 

I'm struggling to post a photo on this forum. Ihope I have managed to show a picture of my F60S under restoration.
Fingers crossed.
Grant Fincher
Eureka. At Last.

F60S
 

Nice looking unit Grant
Can you tell us a bit about it's history , what year it is and pic's before your restoration .

Regards
Jim S

F60S
 

Now that I have got the nack of posting photos I'll put a few on the forum. The first one is how it was found in Tenterfield 2002. By the thick red paint it was in the bush fire brigade and thn a crane truck. I think it originaly came from Wallangarra army camp on the Queensland NSW border.
Grant

The truck was then picked up by a young bloke of 16 who managed to do a basic cosmetic restoraion. I bought it in 2004 with the notion of a full restoration. The chassis was butchered and poorly welded and with the help of Wayne Kotz from Blitz & Bits in Jimboomba we bought a wreck and went about putting a new chassis under the original components. Here is the wreck we started with.

F60s
 

Ater sandblasting and undercoating the good chassis we stripped the truck down to components and built up the chassis with refurbished part. Almost like building anew truck.

F60S
 

Motor and floor.

F60S
 

A full rewire with a new wiring loom

The original truck had a Chev roof so this was swapped with Wayne Kotz who had a Chev C60L with a Ford roof.

F60S
 

At this point I would like to thank Max Hedges for the instrument panel and wheel nuts and studs. Also salesman Bob for the switchplate stickers. I had them copied and screen printed.

Thanks to Tony Smith for information on were to source Data Plates

The old wooden body was rejected and Wayne made up a steel body from original patterns

F60S
 

I have spent nearly every weekend and holidays helping Wayne with the restoration for the last 13 months but had to move to Central Queensland for work and have not seen it since the mudguards were fitted. I'm told that the camouflage paintwork has been completed and the signwriting is happening tomorrow. I hope to have it registered and driving around in a month or 2.

F60S
 

Body work has been finished and a final coat of khaki applied

Then the camouflage

At last after nearly 2 years I am seeing the end of the restoration process. I have certainly learnt some new skills and met some great people. I hope to be able to enjoy some club runs and perhaps assist on a few Anzac Days in the years to come. I will post some more photos when we venture out onto the road for the first time.
Grant Fincher

f60s
 

grant whats the difference between a ford and chev 13 cab roof?? i thought they were the same ??????
ken hughes

"different roof"
 

The Chev roof hatch is different and the handle is one rail, where the Ford has 2 grab rails. There is some minor differences in the rear window canvas roll mountings and there is also some footman loops on the front of the Ford roof to tie down the blackout covers for the windscreen.
Grant Fincher

Aussie versions
 

The differences mentioned by Grant refer only to the Australian produced versions. Holden-built ones followed Canadian practice whilst Australian Fords used their own design (buit built by a sub-contractor) hatch and grab handle arrangement. The same applies to Ford cab 12s where the roof hatches were added here.

F60L
 

Grant
Thanks for an interesting restoration , some more pic's when she is on the road .
Regards
Jim S.

F60L
 

Grant it's exciting when it gets close to finishing your vehicle and it's ready to register and to actually drive it legally down the road. It's also good to see another ford on the road so all the chev owners can see some quality .
Well done

Max

Ford V Chev.
 

I've been a Holden man all my life but after playing with this great lump of V8 metal I'm starting to turn. The sound it produces is like nothing I've heard before. Just the sweetest noise.
Grant

As of today!

Phil...

Next...

Last one for now....

Phil... :salute:

As of today.
 

Thanks Phil.
It looks great. Thank Wayne for me. Has the signwriter left the name off the front bumper, or has he not finished yet?
Grant

hey there Grant!

I'll pass that onto Wayne... the name is there, just take a close look at the 1st pic I posted. Bit hard to see with this resolution and seeing it is black.

Phil... :salute:

f60s
 

grant you have don an excellent job!! im impressed
congradulations

A helpful pic
 

Hopefully this will be of assistance to you...

Here's a detail of the front of a new vehicle showing the correct spot for the Ford badge and the right way round for the crank handle guide.

Ford Badge
 

Thanks Keith.
Phil, would you ask Wayne to make the adjustments for me.
Many thanks
Grant