Who like a Mystery?

Tim Lovelock · #1 04-05-13, 02:15

Thx Robert

hrpearce · #2 04-05-13, 03:52

Hi Tim, I just took some photos of a C60S chassis,
1 chassis no.
2 front rear shackle
3 back rear shackle
From these pictures you can see that the spare holes you showed in your second picture are for helper spring stops.

Tim Lovelock · #3 04-05-13, 14:07

Thanks Robert, those pictures are really helpful.
I will have to head out to my truck again for another look but when my friend and I looked the other day we couldn't work out where the rear hangers would go as no holes seemed to marry up with the bracket having the two rivet points on the side and two from underneath. But with your photos I can have a better look. Thanks and cheers. Tim

hrpearce · #4 04-05-13, 14:19

Tim post a fiew photos of the chassis from further back. Is it possible the springs are in the right place and the chassis has been shortened in the middle.

Tim Lovelock · #5 05-05-13, 01:45

Thx Robert, won't be able to post pics for a few days, but I am thinking that what is now the rear spring hanger is possibly the original front, that way the helper spring bracket would have fitted where the mark is. Why though they would have gone to the trouble of replacing the rivets with bolts on that one seems a mystery.
But I will get more pics.
Thx again for your help.
Cheers Tim

Tim Lovelock · #6 13-05-13, 10:54

Thanks, Robert for your pics. Got over to my trucks today and was able to chip the paint of in the area you suggested. I thought it remarkable the condition of the steel below the paint. Fresh from the factory!!
So here is her No.38443M00678.
Next question, how do I trace her military history?
Cheers

hrpearce · #7 13-05-13, 12:03

If you can find the numbers on the nose and the plate on top of the dash you have a chance of tracing the trucks history. We need more pictures of the blitz from all angles. All the chassis no. tells you is its wheel base, that it was assembled in Melbourne and the assembly number.