C-15

Robert Sexton · #1 19-03-17, 03:51

Rick, yes having thought about it for another 5 seconds it would be a silly idea to put batteries up there.
I have added a pic with the correct petrol can on, fits perfectly. My locker has space for three cans ,were there different lengths of locker?
I now another two cans, it never ends.
Robert

Richard Coutts-Smith · #2 19-03-17, 08:35

Robert, Re. engine cover, feel silly saying it, but, Ford and Chev are way different, is that the issue?
Rich.

Robert Sexton · #3 19-03-17, 16:39

Nothing silly about it Richard, I just think that something is wrong. I have very little knowledge of the Fords. The engine cover has engine numbers and serial numbers that do not match my truck, I was posing the question that maybe the closest engine cover would do at the point of disposal.
It just does not fit right maybe it is distorted from an accident, I have yet to have a close look , it was in a pile of stuff on the tray when I bought it,probably not as important as the rest of the truck.
thanks for your interest anyway Rich,
Robert

Mike Cecil · #4 19-03-17, 16:45

Standard/listed issue for the GS Aust No.1 was three x POL - one each petrol, oil and water.

The later No.2 with the steel tool box had stowage for four cans but the standard/listed issue remained at three for some reason (maybe no one thought to change the issues list to reflect the revised stowage?)

There are differences between Aust cans and CDN cans, too, and not all Aust cans are the same either, so be sure when buying that the cans you are getting will actually fit the stowage. There was an article on the subject in a past Army Motors.

Mike

Robert Sexton · #5 20-03-17, 01:54

Thanks Mike, the can that is in the pic is stamped DD with the vertical arrow, the stenciled "petrol" was faintly visible. I have another can the same but with the screw spout to missing. I will keep looking.
Robert

Robert Sexton · #6 31-08-17, 12:29

Hello all, just an update on the rebidding of the NO1 Australian tray on mu C15.There was enough timber left to take fairly good measurements, although the species of timber has not been identified.
Several things became clear on closer inspection of the remains, the timber locker box is of a much higher construction standard than the tray with quite close tolerances , less than two millimeters where the framing for the POL cans is attached to the top of the box, similarly the clearance for the two doors are <2mm.The box is screwed together with slotted head screws . The tray I think was made by hand as the lengths of the boards vary in length by more than one eighth or 3mm.
It would have been very time consuming to make as each part is fitted into the tongues then bolted or in the case of the floor it is all nailed.Because the tray does not have a longitudinal runner along the chassis I believe it was never meant to be made separately and then transported to the assembly place, the only thing holding it all together when it is off the truck are the floor boards,I think it was built on the truck.
Attached is some of the work in progress, I have chosen the local hardwood(Jarrah) as I can mill it myself and it will last many years exposed to the weather without treatment.
Robert.

Robert Sexton · #7 31-08-17, 15:11

A couple more pics. My tray is missing the tailboard but I assume it will be much the same as the later ones.Wayne Henderson knows of one other No 1 body that I am hoping to get measurements from.There was not any evidence of the brackets to carry the tarpaulin hoops on the remaining sides nor was there any sign of the brackets that carried the pick and shovel on the sides.Most pics that I have seen also had a toolbox under the rear of the tray, there is not evidence on my tray for those boxes, the only bolt hole was for the mudguard stiffener.
The resto will have to cease for a couple of months while I finish the C60.
I have taken plenty of measurements as Hanno suggested and now will have them drawn into some thing that is usable for others.
Robert

maple_leaf_eh · #8 01-09-17, 00:14

Robert, where is my thumbs up button? I like how you've thinned out the ends of the cross members. As per original?

It always surprises me how overbuilt this machinery is. Bob Carriere at the Hammond Barn showed me some CMP trailers a year ago. Those beasts are solid steel bar stock everywhere. The load factor would have been 100% greater, if the makers had chosen lighter materials or thinner stock. It makes me wonder whether anyone at HQ was even slightly concerned about fuel costs per ton per mile.