Motto's Chev

[motto (RIP)]

L/L Chev tipper that appeared in the previous post after being modified with the aid of a front end loader or similar machine and then positioned with the left rear wheels in a prepared hole as part of another scene. Manitous were used on set for this sort of work.
David

[cliff]

Originally Posted by motto

L/L Chev tipper that appeared in the previous post after being modified with the aid of a front end loader or similar machine and then positioned with the left rear wheels in a prepared hole as part of another scene.
David

David this is a Holden bodied Chev as it has the quartervents in the doors and vents in the cowl. Lendlease vehicles did not have these features. Nice photos though thanks for sharing.

[motto (RIP)]

You are most likely correct in what you say about Holden cab Chevs not being L/L Cliff but in my ignorance (and we all start out that way) I have always been indifferent to the correct nomenclature and like the general public have come to refer to trucks with this type front end sheetmetal built from '42 to '46 regardless of the cab being North American or Holden as being Lease/Lend Chevs.
I don't profess to be an authority or have any special knowledge, only an accumulation of experience and I stand in awe of some of the characters that contribute to this forum. This is why I shy away from definitive statements. The more I learn about these trucks the more confused I become as the variations seem to be endless.
As I said in one of my very first posts on this forum. I'd rather keep my mouth shut and look a fool than open my mouth and prove it. Maybe I've said too much already but I was encouraged by interest shown.
David

[motto (RIP)]

Some of the pictures shown are not what I intended to post when I started this thread but are all from the same data base so I'm a little off topic. If I can download from disc I will get back to the Chev but meanwhile I thought these may be of interest.
1/ The 'Break Back' Chev.
2/ Another art department vehicle. I couldn't recognise it but whoever they got it from had filled the rear of the vehicle with spare parts right up to window level. Maybe he was glad to see it all go!
Can somebody identify it please?
David

[motto (RIP)]

There were three 'Shermans' used in the production. They were all in fact Grants that had been extensively modified with the upper hull removed and replaced with sheet metal over a tubular steel framework. The turrets were constructed of fibreglass and all three were re-powered with Cummins engines.
One of the tanks had been built up for use in a movie some years ago and was purchased as an intact unit. Two of them were purchased as hulls and built up for use in this series.
David

[motto (RIP)]

LVT-4. A lot of very impressive work was done by the people involved in various aspects of the production and this LVT-4 is a part of that. It is in fact a complete fake. I'm sure I had helped unload some drums out of the back when it was in the action vehicle compound and hadn't realise that it wasn't a vehicle at all. I was unaware that there was a counterfeit among them at the time.
The frame underneath was the structural support as I don't believe the running gear would stand the weight.All the suspension components were cast in resin.

[motto (RIP)]

Here are a couple of close ups of the running gear. Original components were aquired and moulds made off them for production of the many parts that had to be made, some of them in large numbers.
One of the effects of this is the circular 'welds' in the first picture are all identical as they all came out of the same mould!
The 'solid' rubber tyres on the road wheels were foam rubber and could be indented with a finger tip.
David