Transplants & Quandries

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - both trucks have 16" rims.

Hanno - what years do you class as a "late feature"? Both sets of rims are an eight stud pattern so I will have to see if they are interchangeable.

Bob

[cletrac (RIP)]

The two wheel drives turn sharper so there's a bit of difference on the inside of the wheel wells to give more clearance. Other than that they're the same.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The two wheel drives turn sharper so there's a bit of difference on the inside of the wheel wells to give more clearance. Other than that they're the same.

That's what I thought, but according to Keith:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

That is the case with the Chevrolet version but not the Ford.

H.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi all - both trucks have 16" rims.

Hanno - what years do you class as a "late feature"? Both sets of rims are an eight stud pattern so I will have to see if they are interchangeable.

Bob

Bob the rims themselves will fit either vehicle but the hub centres ie the sling lifting centres will only fit onto the front driven axle & not the non driven front axle.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi all - both trucks have 16" rims.

Hanno - what years do you class as a "late feature"? Both sets of rims are an eight stud pattern so I will have to see if they are interchangeable.

Bob

The angle of the pic made the first one look like it had 20" rims.

Incidentally there are very few F15As here with lifting slings. The 3 tonners here with lifting slings usually had canvas doors but for some reason the late pattern Ford F15As retained their Canadian steel doors.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi all - both trucks have 16" rims.

Hanno - what years do you class as a "late feature"? Both sets of rims are an eight stud pattern so I will have to see if they are interchangeable.

Bob

1944-45 pattern.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - thank you all for your responses to this thread. I will bow to popular opinion and keep the original wheels on the F15. However the livery will be Light Stone and badged the same as Tony's Jeep that being a South Australian unit the 2nd-10th who served in the Middle East. Probably not correct but I would like a desert truck.

Bob

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi all - thank you all for your responses to this thread. I will bow to popular opinion and keep the original wheels on the F15. However the livery will be Light Stone and badged the same as Tony's Jeep that being a South Australian unit the 2nd-10th who served in the Middle East. Probably not correct but I would like a desert truck.

Bob

Hey Bob

Good news, But don't forget the Jeep leads the convoy. They will look great on Anzac Day. Oh and also on the next troop train re enactment

Cheers

Tony

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - discussing with Tony today re. which unit I will dedicate the truck to, I thought it more appropriate to use my old unit of the 27th Battalion. Tony, you have done all the SA unit research, what do I need?

Bob

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi all - discussing with Tony today re. which unit I will dedicate the truck to, I thought it more appropriate to use my old unit of the 27th Battalion. Tony, you have done all the SA unit research, what do I need?

Bob

Bob

Good choice mate I was attached to 10th Battalion for 3 years and you were with the 27th Battalion both battalions were later amalgamated as the 10/27th Battallion. So in fact either Tac Plates would be OK to use as both served as part of the 7th and 9th Division in WW2 in the Western Desert before being recalled and sent to New Guinea to protect Australia from a Japanese invasion of Australia. Here is some further history of your 2/27th Battallion.

The headquarters of the 2/27 Battalion opened for the first time at Woodside in South Australia on 7 May 1940. On 19 October the battalion left Woodside, by train, for Melbourne where it sailed for overseas on 21 October. After a brief stop in India en-route, the 2/27th disembarked in Egypt on 24 November and moved straight to Palestine to complete its training.

As part of the 21st Brigade of the 7th Australian Division, the 2/27th’s first operational assignment of war was to bolster the defences along the Egypt-Libya frontier against an expected German attack. It occupied positions at Maaten Bagush and Matruh throughout much of April and May 1941, before returning to Palestine in preparation for its first offensive operation - the invasion of Syria and Lebanon, which began on 8 June.

The 2/27th was employed in the drive north along the Lebanon coast but most of its operations were outflanking moves in the hills that edged the coastal plain. Its major actions were at Adloun on 11 June, Miyeoumiye on 13-14 June and around El Boum, as part of the battle of Damour, between 6 and 9 July. After the armistice of 12 July, the 2/27th remained in Lebanon as part of the Allied garrison until 11 January 1942.

After sailing from Egypt on 30 January 1942, the 2/27th disembarked in Adelaide on 24 March. The battalion’s stay in Australia, however, was brief. On 14 August it arrived at Port Moresby in Papua, and by 6 September it was in position at Mission Ridge on the Kokoda Trail preparing to meet the relentless advance of the Japanese.

Cheers

Tony

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

I will bow to popular opinion and keep the original wheels on the F15.

Bob, great choice on the F15 but I do not understand you having to bow to popular opinion. Apart from the fact that I think you are not the kind of guy who bows under social pressure, the 16" wheels (rims) are the same between all CMP's, either 4x2's, 4x4's, Fords, Chevys.

As explained, the '44-'45 hub was fitted with lifting slings, not much more than a circular plate bolted to the hub. As front wheel drive hubs differ from the non-driven front hubs, one cannot exchange them.

HTH,
Hanno