No.6 Gun Tractor Specs

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #1 20-07-09, 01:36

Hi all - a mate needs the dimensions of the wooden rails that fit between the chassis rails and the body. I personally think it would have been the standard rail used on the C60S but it may have been modified or replaced to accomodate the No.6 body. If anyone has original C60S rails, those dimensions would be appreciated as a starting point.

Bob

Euan McDonald · #2 20-07-09, 03:57

Hey Bob, Happy to help but how about some pic of the project. I suspect the rails should be the same as the #9 GT.

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #3 20-07-09, 06:29

Hi Euan - I don't have any images as this truck is in Qld. I also have suspicions about the dimensions, but I would like hard data.

Bob

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #4 26-07-09, 11:23

So I take it nobody out there owns a C60S, or they don't have the wooden rails or can't be bothered. Given the multitude of highly technical data that abounds on this forum I would have thought this was a simple request.

Bob

Phil Waterman · #5 26-07-09, 22:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

So I take it nobody out there owns a C60S, or they don't have the wooden rails or can't be bothered. Given the multitude of highly technical data that abounds on this forum I would have thought this was a simple request.

Bob

Hi Bob

Sorry I missed you first post. What dimensions do you need? As I understand it you need the width, thickness, and length of the shim.

Cheers Phil

Keith Webb · #6 26-07-09, 22:59

Not having ever seen one mounted on a chassis this is difficult. What I can tell you is the Ford No9 just has fibre packers at the mounting points, no wood rails at all. But because the No6 wasn't an integrated body it may well have used them. Don't have immediate access to pics but I think it's worth looking to see whether the top of the cab door and crew doors line up (as they do on the No8 and 9 tractors. That may give you the clue.

gjamo · #7 26-07-09, 23:27

Hi Bob,
My #6 tractor had a non orginal tray fitted with 50 mm strips under but no idea what was there originally.
Graeme

cliff · #8 26-07-09, 23:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Don't have immediate access to pics but I think it's worth looking to see whether the top of the cab door and crew doors line up (as they do on the No8 and 9 tractors. That may give you the clue.

Looking at a photo I have the doors do not line up and the rear #6 body sits the thickness of the sill below the crew door above the chassis. I cannot post the photos I have as they are not mine and I promised not to put them online but if you want a copy Bob on the understanding they are not to be published I'll email you a copy.