[peterinair67]

Andrew & Stephen, Thanks for the detailed comments on how to approach the Chassis for me. All the comments are very, very helpful indeed.

We think that the Upper Chassis and the part used to extend the 101“ wheel base to 129“ is off a C60. They did slip over the C15A Chassis as you thought Andrew and used the holes for the leaf springs and the actual double springs off that same C60 set up for the rear set up. The welding is good & has a 2 ft overlap. They did fill in Holes too as you suggested & they are solid. I have braced with a L shaped section that is 1.3 m long and bolted to side and lower parts of the rail to temporarily straighten it all up so we can get everything together. Someone else suggested I replace the chassis with a new C15A. Not sure if I will be able to either find or want to do that. Still considering. In the mean time, we braced everything and have replaced all bolts on the rear, including the spring mounts. The brace you referred to was off the upper Chassis but they had installed that upper chassis upside down do it was questionable if it was adding much strength. I shaved 3 mm off each side and installed into the smaller C15A Chassis (bolted up and down) and think this will give us more cross strength and it has helped to bring everything into alignment, all directions.

Now that it is all stabilized, we can keep on moving it about and get on with our planning for the project.

Very happy to get all that timber off but also the WINCH… ! It was Huge and so, so heavy. Just listed on OZ ebay now. It is a monster. See the pictures. I am going to search for the original Winch for a C15A and put as it would have been originally with the PTO set up that is all in 100% working condition.