Former British FGT cab 12 in Australia

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi


Could you ask him the dimension of the side windows please

thx

Eric

[grant fincher]

I went up to Gympie again last week to pick up a FAT Quad Gun Tractor model from Cliff and called in on Lloyd McCarthy. He has now got all 3 sections of the body together on a jig and is in the process of panel beating replacing any rusted sections. Here are a few shots of the body and for Bob the instrument panel.

[grant fincher]

The chassis is basicly complete and Lloyd is now in the process of getting all the components together for the engine to be reconditioned.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Grant - thanks for thinking of me with those images. Beautiful restoration of the panel but may I suggest that with the addition of my instrument decals and the repainting of the fascia plate coupled with my stripe decals, the panel would be perfect. I also notice that one of the switches is labelled "Dome". All the switch plates I have seen this is labelled "Dash". From where did Lloyd get the switch plates?

Bob

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

The other difference I can see is that all the Cab 12s I have seen have had the Ford script underneath the speedometer as opposed to the brass plate Lloyd has. If you study the image on my previous post you will see the locating holes for the script. Coincidentally, as these scripts seem to be impossible to find, I commissioned a contact to replicate them and I am awaiting the first consignment. Stay tuned.

Bob

[grant fincher]

Hello Bob
I believe he got them done localy in Gympie. I can't tell you any more than that. You will notice the brass V8 badge on the bonnet in one of photographs. Lloyd had the chrome version from a Model A hood badge from Macs Autos in the States and he had a brass cast made from it in a Gympie foundry to make it original. Very meticulous. He showed me how he spent time shrinking each of the panels back to their original shape after people had stood on the roof and dented them. I wish I had his patience and metalworking skills. Can't wait for the end result.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

I also notice that one of the switches is labelled "Dome". All the switch plates I have seen this is labelled "Dash".

Bob

Bob, the 11/12 Cab GTs had an interior light, so have 1 switch marked "Dome" and another for the "Dash" lamps, as visible in the pic (note there are 5 switches in total). The early 11 cabs with push/pull switches had the switches arranged in a different order.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Thanks Tony - just about every time I look at an instrument panel or housing there is a new difference. And here again the housing is different with the extra switch hole and the brass plate where the Ford script is normally fitted. Was this peculiar to the 12 GTs and where you say "11/12 Cab GTs", was there an 11 GT?

Bob

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Thanks Tony - just about every time I look at an instrument panel or housing there is a new difference. And here again the housing is different with the extra switch hole and the brass plate where the Ford script is normally fitted. Was this peculiar to the 12 GTs and where you say "11/12 Cab GTs", was there an 11 GT?

Bob

I've seen one other with the brass plate where the Ford script should go - a F60L and the plate was the contract number. There were cab 11 FGTs. The cab 11 ones used different switches too.