Chev 6 Seater Utility

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Rod Diery

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This is the remains of my C15 6 seater utility as it was when I acquired it about 1998. Wayne Henderson and I later visited the farm again and found lots of bits and pieces on the rubbish tip which Wayne salvaged for use in his restoraion.

Hello Rod,

Are you restoring the C15 6 seater that you wrote about ? Or did the baton get past over to Wayne?

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Rod,

Are you restoring the C15 6 seater that you wrote about ? Or did the baton get passed over to Wayne?

Kind Regards
Lionel

Lionel, two different vehicles, as mentioned in post #6 on P1.

[Rod Diery]

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Rod,

Are you restoring the C15 6 seater that you wrote about ? Or did the baton get past over to Wayne?

Kind Regards
Lionel

I am restoring it Lionel but only as a GS vehicle.

Cheers
Rod

[Wayne Henderson]

Starting to make the frame for the radio in the rear section.
I have a 19 set and parts and are working from photos.
Radios are not my area and I need help to id this base.
It looks a bit modern to me but the 19 set fits in it, the rubber mounts are all
cracked and need replacing/rebuilding.
How do the arm parts on the end work, something missing?

I use to have a manual for fitting C42 sets to AFV's but is there one available for fitting 19 sets?

[Mike K]

The mount looks original to me . They normally have a wide strap going around the top of the set and the Power supply box and a peculiar bracket is fitted on each end of the strap , the bracket slips into the holes in your pic , each end of the set / PS units . There are only 4 feet on most of them, not 6 .

[David Dunlop]

Wayne.

If someone can track down that ZA 49938 number on the carrier for you, it will likely shed a lot of light on how this wireless part worked. I am curious if it was possibly of Australian design.

David

[Philliphastings]

It looks like you may have the bottom half of the Wireless Set No 19 Mk 111 / Wireless set No 31 AFV combination mount.

That would be post war, remembering that A Squadron 10th Light Horse Regiment's Ferret Scout Cars were withdrawn from service around 1970 and were still using this obsolete fitout at the time.

John Martin has/had the metal frames for the WS No 31 AFV and I have a pair of the sets but they are very rare in Australia.

The arms could also be part of a WS No 19 / B47 Larkspur combination mount but I'm not too familiar with that and technical information is hard to dig up.

Apart from the Arms on the sides of your mounting tray, the rest could be fitted straight Into your WW2 vehicle and look authentic as long as you added the wide strap Mike refers to.

Regards

Phill

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Phil,

Interesting comments about XALH and the wireless fit in their Ferrets - were they 31AFV or possibly 88AFV sets coupled with the No.19 Mk.3?

As far as I can tell, the only No.19 Mk3 imports were in the early 1950s, and they were paired with 88AFV sets, hence my query. So if you can confirm the use with 31AFV sets, it will mean I'll have to go 'ferretting' (no pun intended!) for some additional info!

Be interested in your comments on this.

Thanks

Mike