F60S Tipper RAAF markings -help

[Mike Cecil]

Something odd going on here: 209975 was an RAAF F60S radio van, taken on charge May 45, disposed of 1958.

Perhaps the data from the dash plate will tell us more.

Does the garden ornament cab have any dataplates or a registration visible?

Are the MVFS plate and the tipper hoist instruction plates on the engine cover? That image has no RAAF blue paint visible.

The vehicle is, in the Army's nomenclature, a 'Truck, 3 ton Tipping 2 1/2 cubic yard, Aust No.4'. The No.4 by both Chev & Ford was the only model Aust CMP tipper fitted with the Trojan hoist and 8.25x20 tyres with duals at the rear and off-set front wheels with a spacer.

Mike

[Darrin Wright]

Interesting and thanks for your input & knowledge Mike.
Data plate is 24 Apr 45.
Cabin nose section has Ford Canada stamped into it.
Under all the paint on the truck, there is a nice coat of green, the RAAF 209975 is painted twice on the cabin in different fonts by stencil and brush. The truck has green, black then gray as an overall paint job. It was owned by a business in Moorabin at some point, then up to Dartmouth dam, then to this farm and after 20-30 years sold.
Main base section of cab has the artic heater/ventilation slots & holes, but no kit ever fitted.
No data plates on the tipping body.
Data plates for the tipping body located on the engine cover.
Spare cabin has no data plates or markings. I believe there were only 2 Ford blitz trucks at this property, the tipper and the other converted into a towed grader.

[Mike Cecil]

The dataplate should have other markings besides the date of assembly, such as a raised set of numbers often taken as the chassis number.

Does the current cab have the slots in the floor for the hoist controls?

Mike