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Old 29-11-15, 16:33
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Great project Wayne, looking forward to see the rest of your restoration!
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Old 30-11-15, 12:42
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Rod D told me of a 6 seater he had recovered up his way, he was restoring it as a GS. The rear section had been chucked on a farm rubbish pile and burnt. He and I went and had a look, as one does. It was peak snake season so Rod handed out the snake poles which made me feel so much better...

We picked up (with one hand on the pole) all the missing curved roof sections, 4 radio frame mountings, more brackets and best of all the roof tinware and hatches.

I now had every bit of rear section tin apart from one inner wheel arch.

All the tin was put together to get correct measurements for the timber frame. The inside of the tinware was marks to show the width of the boards, rust marks were the screws were and using there dimensions worked out the final timber sizes.
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Old 30-11-15, 21:25
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The original body design is a timber frame covered in sheet steel. The timber is screwed together in some places and coach bolts used in others. The sheet steel is nailed to the timber. I followed the original parts down to the amount of nail holes in the tinware. I wanted to be as faithful to the original as possible. Oh dear.

The timber work went together well once the original construction was worked out. There were some unusual joints (to me not being a carpenters ring piece) to master. I started to find out how roughly/quick these bodies were put together originally. One side of the body was 25mm longer than the other and the curved roof sections were a different profile each side.
I decided to use a tape measure and a square, something which must have been rationed when this body was originally made.

I did have problems finding enough slotted wood screws and also square nuts for the coach bolts. My new hobby developed, hunting thru glass jars in old blokes sheds.
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Old 04-12-15, 19:25
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Great job Wayne, such a worthwhile and interesting vehicle to save, very impressed with your faithful treatment of the construction too.

Interesting to hear how rough the measurements were when it was built - an inch out on one side??!!
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Old 07-12-15, 12:20
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Hi Keith,
Some of the tin sheeting was also out of square so this leads to the fact they were hand built to suit each body. Noticed this on the front and rear body top sections.

The paint job was an eye opener, vehicle undercoat was sprayed gloss grey straight on to the metal then topped off with war time green sprayed over that. The disruptive cam was hand painted. The tin under the door skin is bare metal in the middle and sprayed only on the edges. They saved heaps of paint doing this.

The vehicle had a quick refurbish Post War with a new coat of green over everything. A new nose section was fitted (yellow primer and Holden ID badge) and I think this may have been where the crew doors where swapped around.

The ARN number was re painted, 67651 and so was the bridging plate. The vehicle must have towed a trailer at some point.

I am doing this truck up to represent a Field Staff Car.

Don't know the history of this vehicle but going by the Black Duck I'd say Western Command. I don't know when this Unit sign was introduced but it was used by many Regiments over this way from the 1950s on.

The Forgotten Army (sorry, forgot who wrote it) mentions Western Command (Western Australia) and some of the higher ranking officers who may have had access to this vehicle.

Wartime Western Command unit sign was an exciting looking white W on a black field, this hung around into the 1960's.

Vehicle has matching chassis and engine numbers (the Canadian bits )
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