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Originally Posted by DaveBuckle
Maybe too many abbreviations: Surprised to learn that my Chevy Blitz (C15A) has the same wheels as my Morris CS8. Went and had a look and took a pic to double check.
And yes, will post a pic once I have procured one of those trucks - maybe a while now with the way things are progressing, but then again, has been nearly a year in waiting - I'm sure we all know how that goes with these rusty relics ...
PS - I thought it was great that the Morris tyres "still held air" - seems they are full of concrete (or similar) can't even lift the spare to vertical off the ground ...
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Dave the CS8 originally had Run Flat tyres ( heavy ) ..no spare wheel was issued. I've cut open four of those RF tyres with a chain saw and then a angle grinder to cut the bead cable, horrible job . An old guy at Whittlesea Nth of Melbourne told me his dad purchased a CS8 around mid 1945.. the CS8 was knocked back for rego because it had no spare wheel , the owner went back to the Morris dealer and a spare CS8 was wrecked just for the wheels to go with the others for sale. The old boy Marshall said they had two trips to Sydney in the CS8 towing a horse float ! 40 mph all the way . The CS8 was traded in around 1952 for a new Land Rover . I was offered the rear axle housing from the spare donor truck. Funny thing is another Whittlesea CS8 surfaced years later , a guy at Bendigo swap had a CS8 radiator surround and a set of wheels for sale , he told me his elderly neighbour had a CS8 converted into a camper back in the 1950s , it had been sitting unused for many years. As the CS8 was towed out of the neighbours yard, the chassis broke in half ... rusted through. He salvaged the cast brass body ID plate which i have.