Identification of F15 2WD?

[Ganmain Tony]

Will take picture of can tomorrow.

My engine, it turns out is a '46 C69A and has had a postwar rebuild by Ford. Block has an AVR number on it to verify this.

Would also indicate it is not the original engine. So I guess I am using a bit of licence with the colour selection.

It is a Ford blue and may have come out a little later but I do believe some of these rebuilds did use this colour.

[Ganmain Tony]

Here it is Lynn as promised. Engine enamel in a can.

AVR number for the record and another stamping that I am not familiar with.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

Here it is Lynn as promised. Engine enamel in a can.

AVR number for the record and another stamping that I am not familiar with.

"N54****P" number has been issued by NSW Police as an engine identifier, as the other visible stamps do not conform to the standard engine number format as recorded by the NSW DMR. An old practice that is no longer followed these days. The first 2 digits indicate this number was issued by NSW Police in 1954.

[Ganmain Tony]

Firstly..

Thanks Tony. That's very handy information to know. I'm not sure I would have ever found that out. Will be interesting to see if the RTA have any records of this truck and engine number.

Doesn't look like a lot of progress but I have been putting in some hours.

Figured out (with the aid of an excellent tutor) how to set the points.

I bought a timing fixture at a swap meet yonks ago and managed to track down a set of instructions on how to use it. John and I did two dizzy's and the fixture got them absolutely spot on.

[Keith Webb]

Good to see old skills being passed down the generations. Nice to see John at work and the progress on your F15 as well.

[Tony Smith]

And that is exactly how Kitchen Tables are meant to look, Mum!

[Ganmain Tony]

Days and days of trying to find 'bits'. Some people very helpful (in fact most) then there is always the one or two clowns that could help... but just cant be bothered.

Anyway had a little win with a little knick knack that is worthy of Jacques Reeds
thread on Blitz miscellany.

The little bush that acts as a spacer on the armature and the rear bearing, in my experience is always missing. So I had a few made. The guys did such a good job I could not tell the original from the copies.

Have been mucking around with the generator for days with other bits I have picked up from swap meets... quite a few frustrating variations and weird threads on nuts that needed navigating my way through.

Last two pictures made me chuckle.
Ahh well, at least you Canucks still make something (unlike us, who have let the lunatics take over the asylum)

And the old beast is a Canadian truck after all!!!