good bye C60 hello ford fat

[Harlé Sylvain]

hello
Thank you both for your helps on this project,
I'm just back from belgium, I was there to visit an very nice member of this forum ,wich help me to complete my truck !

On the road We visit many remember places from WWI and WWII we also visit the canadian memorial of Vimy, still always impressed fast 100 years after!!!


In the next days I will clean the rear of the truck , I remove fast all the compartiment , they were only glued with a few bad welding points
here are some pictures of the truck with is new nose!

Regards
Sylvain

[Alex van de Wetering]

Silvain,

I guess I was tired yesterday, as I hadn't noticed your FAT is a Ford ....not a Chev...so my suggestion for the grille surround was a bit misleading.....as for Ford use you would also have had to modify the air inlets from Chev mesh to Ford louvres. Anyway, I am glad you already have the parts needed in the meantime, Well done!

@ Niels. Will do. I will try to dig up the material, this weekend.

Alex

[jeepjes]

Hi,
That blue color looks familiar....
Glad I could help you !
Good luck with the rest of your project.
All the best,
Egbert

[Alex van de Wetering]

Egbert,

Wow.....what an awesome use for a CMP . Did the rest of the truck get saved?


Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Wow.....what an awesome use for a CMP . Did the rest of the truck get saved?

Happy to say I saw the chassis and driveline of this truck yesterday, stored away somewhere safely for future restoration.

[Alex van de Wetering]

If you have the measurements please do dig them out it could be fun to see how much they vary.

Niels, Silvain, the FAT.....or actually two FATs, I measured, lacked most of rear body and lids. Attached is a pic of the side, rearmost lid. The other pic shows the side bin right above the rear wheel; sadly the lid was missing.
The measuring aid--> large white and black blocks are 5cmx5cm, small blocks are 1cmx1cm

By the way, both trucks were for sale as a job lot, with one very good chassis. They might still be available(?). Peter Geert Hommes was the broker for the trucks.

Alex

[Alex van de Wetering]

Attached are pics of the doors, inside and outside. The drawing shows measurements in cm (and just noticed some are in mm)


Alex

[Alex van de Wetering]

More pics of the doors

[Alex van de Wetering]

This is what all I have on the doors.

Alex

[Harlé Sylvain]

hello
And thank you very much for all this precious mesurements! And in metric!

After what I foud on internet they used recuted Ford A door hinge , What about the hatch, is it also reused from an other wehicle or only cmp?

I see the truck that you pictured was painted in white inside , that's also the case of mine, is it original ,or post war?

What about the lids lock , are they standart, or will I have to rebuilt them?

Thank you again,
Sylvain