Carn't stop myself.

[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

[Philliphastings]

A nice score there Robert,

My old unit and there is a slight chance I may have driven it once while I was at 26, although we were down to only 2 or 3 Inters by the time I was posted in (1985)

I’m currently restoring a Mk3 4x4 model which went to South Vietnam with 1 Transport.

Also bought from a farm sale it is a real delight and a lot of truck for the money.

Good luck with your new purchase !

Cheers

Phill

[hrpearce]

I haven't been ignoring your comments, just had a short break on the cost. I took some more pictures today.
I have to solve an air problem and replace split radiator hoses before I get stuck in.

[Grant Bowker]

A couple of questions:
Looking at the plate for transfer case operation, it shows two positions for high ratio 6 wheel drive and none for low ratio 6 wheel drive. Is this correct? It's hard to believe they would make the truck this way and hard to believe that they would leave the plate incorrect throughout its life... It's also interesting that this plate is the only one with mismatched screw heads (1 Phillips, 3 slot).
It looks like it is fitted with cruise control. Is this standard?

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Robert,

From the plate images, the chassis number is 3795 and the date of manufacture/completion was August 1973 (8-73) under contract V119238.

I thought there was a post by Tony Smith providing details of the ARN as 25-241 (I recd an email notification) but it seems to have been deleted. I checked the REMLR site listing and that chassis number is indeed listed as 25-241, with delivery in 1974.

Of course, that ARN number is post-1972 and therefore too late to be listed in AWM126, and a quick check of chassis numbers of F1 trucks listed in AWM126 confirms that, the highest F1 chassis being about 3672.

Yours appears to be one of the last batch of F1s which consisted of 267 vehicles with ARNs from 25056 to 25322, with delivery to 1COD Bandiana commencing on 24 May 1972, and concluding sometime in 1974. The contract number for the 267 vehicles was C551002, rather than the original contract number for F1 trucks of V119238 as shown on the plate (the V system had been superseded by that time by the 'C' and 'M' prefixed demands M for maintenance ie purchase of spare parts etc, and C for capital equipment).

Mike