C15A - WO16 - Chev Blitz - Looking for guidance

[cliff]

Originally Posted by peterinair67

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.

That is a CMP winch as Andrew stated with a widened drum on it and it fitted All models of CMP and was the only type of original winch for CMP's. So if you want to add a winch to your truck I'd remove it from eBay and keep it.

[peterinair67]

Got a hold of a Winch I can get to and recover in the Summer if we chose to go that way - Looks like this one also have brackets that will be easier to fit to my chassis. In summary, proceeding to sell the extended winch so save my hassle with the mods on the widened spool and altered configuration or keep as a nice piece about the place if it doesn't sell & use for parts in the future. Thanks for the opinions on solving this one for me. Very helpful.

[peterinair67]

Can anyone give me some pointers on this? Can't find reference in the manual.

[S LATHERON (RIP)]

Hello Peter
Looking at the picture of the winch you can buy. Yes that looks a lot less work than re working the heavily modified one. However is the whole chassis that the [summer] winch is in for sale? maybe not to daft an idea to use that rolling frame as a Basis for the rebuild and use the best parts of the two chassis to give a straight forward project At the very least just use the frame and add your own Cab, Engine ,Transmission Springs and Axles.
In this scenario providing they are both Chev You can Overhaul A complete Axle and suspension off your original unit and after Sandblasting summer frame just re assemble the Reconditioned units.,straight onto it.
Once you have a fully rebuilt truck you will have a pile of Used items that someone else may wish to take on Without the hassle of removing them!
Whatever you decide to do all the best

Stephen

[Rob Beale]

I'm not sure why that hole is there, because the one on the other side by the starter has the pointer for timing the motor.

Rob

[peterinair67]

Engine is out. Now to clean her up.

[peterinair67]

Getting her apart and starting to prep

[peterinair67]

Found these markings on the Blitz. 61879. Left and right sides, running vertical on top panel, next to engine hood. Found an old picture of Military 4WD Test with number 61824 with numbers in the same location. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to track how the truck would have been used? More on it's Military group. Thanks.