Carn't stop myself.

[Howard]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Against Howard's advice I raised my hand a couple of times and ended up with this;

That's a whole lot of truck for the money.
Interestingly, a mate of mine asked me to bid on this beasty.
His maximum bid was the opening bid... so I didn't get to wave my hand at all!
Well bought, Robert!

[hrpearce]

Markings on the ACCO.

[hrpearce]

Tray needs a bit of work. Two cross members have been cut to fit the tank.
A six cylinder diaphragm pump is fitted where the winch should be.

[Beau Bruce]

If you don’t already know mate, if you remove the pump and tank from the truck to return it to original, don’t throw the pump to the scrap. It is a Hardi spray unit pump (363 guessing looking at it in the one photo) and they are worth a pretty decent amount even in second hand condition. A new one off of memory from my work is a couple grand.! Might make up for some of the repair cost to the truck.

[Mike Cecil]

510 unit sign was 26 Transport Squadron, serving as part of Field Force Command late 70s/early 80s.

The 6841 is the Unit Serial Code for that unit. The painted 'tree' under it represents the colour code for each numeral:
6 =Buff
8 = brunswick green
4 =grass green
1 = signal red

The 'roo and ARMY were supposed to be painted in orange.

Only units that were intended for operational deployment were supposed to carry the Unit Recognition Mark, as detailed in the Quadripartite Standardization Agreement 1079 - Common Vehicle Marking and Identification.

The 12 is the bridge sign.

Nice truck.

Mike

[Ryan]

That's quite a step up from your shorty.

[Mike Cecil]

Robert,

Do you know the chassis number? You can then set to work looking for the ARN in AWM126 (if you don't already know the ARN, of course).

Mike