Willanthry Chev Blitz C60L Restoration

[Max Hedges]

the blitz in church street is a F15
not sure if he has it going yet

Toby if you are going through Yass let me know and I will show you around
Max

[Willanthry]

No worries Max; it might be a little while before i get time to poke around Yass, but I'd dearly like to see some of these underground tunnels rumoured to be around the area! I'll definitely take you up on it one day.

[Willanthry]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'll soon be able to start a Ford Blitz restoration thread, because thanks to some good detective work, I tracked down the long-disappeared owner of the Mossgiel Blitz and persuaded him to let me buy it off him. As it turns out, he owns two Ford Blitzs of his own (not in anything like as good nick as this one), and also knows where at least two more are in the Riverina (or were when he last saw them). Isn't it amazing how many of these old girls are still lurking around out there? Anyway, it'll be a chore getting it back home, and quite expensive, but worth every penny! I've well and truely caught the Restoration Disease, however...

[Keith Webb]

Yes Toby it is instant but rarely fatal thankfully. Excellent news you're going to start on a Ford restoration. The Riverina is very kind to old vehicles.
Any chance of pictures?

Originally Posted by Willanthry

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'll soon be able to start a Ford Blitz restoration thread, because thanks to some good detective work, I tracked down the long-disappeared owner of the Mossgiel Blitz and persuaded him to let me buy it off him. As it turns out, he owns two Ford Blitzs of his own (not in anything like as good nick as this one), and also knows where at least two more are in the Riverina (or were when he last saw them). Isn't it amazing how many of these old girls are still lurking around out there? Anyway, it'll be a chore getting it back home, and quite expensive, but worth every penny! I've well and truely caught the Restoration Disease, however...

[aj.lec]

Congratulations Toby
Nice pick up
Looks like a very good truck and very complete

It starts with one then . . . . . . . . 1> uncureable green (and usually rusty) disease

[Willanthry]

Hello everyone! I've graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College and I'm back in Hillston on leave and the first thing i had to do was go and look at my new acquisition again! On tuesday, myself and my old man went out to Mossgiel (he couldn't work because of the recent rain) and got the Ford Blitz into a position to be transported home this weekend.

As luck would have it, the Government is spending $1 000 000 on a set of boom gates for a remote railway crossing nearby, and a mate of ours has his digger and lowloader in the area to this end. Thus, we can get the Blitz home, hopefully for nothing more than a carton or two of cans.

We went out to Mossgiel and chucked all the rubbish out of the tray. It appears that a windmill has been stored in the back of it at some time or another, but it's all gone now, and the tray itself has stood up quite well to the elements, with little or no rust except in the usual places superficially. Unfortunately, the two front tyres gave up the ghost not long after being reinflated and promptly deflated, but they stayed up long enough for us to tow the Blitz out of it's hole and out into the open. Looking forward to this weekend!

I also visited John Mackie yesterday and watched last year's Corowa DVD; i was, as usual, extremely impressed with the production and the vehicles; it never ceases to amaze me that vehicles like the Buffalo actually float!

My Chev is coming along slowly; i haven't been home, and i can't really attempt anything ambitious on it at the moment because of time constraints. I'm just giving it some TLC, and re-arranging it's shelter; i found a tarp big enough to cover the whole truck, which is much better indeed.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Willanthry

Hello everyone! I've graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College and I'm back in Hillston on leave and the first thing i had to do was go and look at my new acquisition again! On tuesday, myself and my old man went out to Mossgiel (he couldn't work because of the recent rain) and got the Ford Blitz into a position to be transported home this weekend.

As luck would have it, the Government is spending $1 000 000 on a set of boom gates for a remote railway crossing nearby, and a mate of ours has his digger and lowloader in the area to this end. Thus, we can get the Blitz home, hopefully for nothing more than a carton or two of cans.

We went out to Mossgiel and chucked all the rubbish out of the tray. It appears that a windmill has been stored in the back of it at some time or another, but it's all gone now, and the tray itself has stood up quite well to the elements, with little or no rust except in the usual places superficially. Unfortunately, the two front tyres gave up the ghost not long after being reinflated and promptly deflated, but they stayed up long enough for us to tow the Blitz out of it's hole and out into the open. Looking forward to this weekend!

I also visited John Mackie yesterday and watched last year's Corowa DVD; i was, as usual, extremely impressed with the production and the vehicles; it never ceases to amaze me that vehicles like the Buffalo actually float!

My Chev is coming along slowly; i haven't been home, and i can't really attempt anything ambitious on it at the moment because of time constraints. I'm just giving it some TLC, and re-arranging it's shelter; i found a tarp big enough to cover the whole truck, which is much better indeed.

G'day Toby,

Congratulations on graduating from the Royal Australian Naval College - it must be a great feeling to have it finished.

Kind Regards
Lionel