Wireless Van C15 Australian

[Rod Salter]

I have stripped the chassis of all bolts
When I removed the main centre chassis cross member and threw it to the pile of parts,
It flipped over.
There is a stencilled number on the underside!!!!!
There are enough digits to be an ARN, I wonder?
I dash to the computer and look into the AWM books
The number looked like 63864, which is a water truck
However 63861 is a wireless signals truck
I have now wire wheeled some of the surface and I have found the chassis number, it reads 2844400169R. Which is exactly written in the AWM book, with engine number WR3815726

As an interesting side note, in the AWM book ARN 63862 is also a sig van and the chassis number was consecutive 2844400170 engine number WR3815722. Four numbers earlier
And ARN 63860 another sig van chassis no 2844400171 engine number WR3815882 not even close
These three trucks were perhaps parked side by side when the ARN were assigned to them

Unbelievably someone stencilled the ARN under the cross-member of this truck
How exciting!!!!
I have to wonder if I have Irish ancestors

Keith Webb tells me he has never seen that before, although a few times the ARN has been painted on some removable parts

As this truck was engine-less I am using the engine I am rebuilding as posted in the Chev C60 and C15 Thread http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=34289

This engines number is R2784806 I wonder if it an older engine?
If anyone comes across this number I would be thrilled to know to what truck it was fitted