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Old 30-04-07, 04:37
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We have had a magnificent Chev C60L given to the museum, however it is minus a tray. We have some great carpenters here so we will probably build a timber body. Does anyone have any plans for a timber body, including spare tyre carrier and toolbox? Or possibly some good photos?
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Old 30-04-07, 10:49
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Darren what location are you at?
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Cliff,
We are a t the Milne Bay Military Museum, O'Quinn st Toowoomba Open 7 days 10-4pm. I am the curator of the museum and can be contacted on 0746 31 4482.
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Nice to meet you mate I live in Gympie.

If no one can help with full scale plans I can probably draw you a set up off photos with measurements similar to the model below.



this one does not have the built in spare wheel carrier but I do have photos of them with it.

All I need is someone to give me the exact length and width of the real thing and I can scale the rest off the photos.
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Darren here is a photo of a wooden tool box, is that the type you need?
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tray

another one ... the tray is on a ford

the rear end

a better look at the toolbox
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Old 01-05-07, 05:04
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Max, Absolutely bloody fantastic! The chap who is going to build the tray is very impressed. Do you happen to have some demensions at all? We can work out alot of the sizes from the pics once we have a scale.
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Old 01-05-07, 05:13
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they were 12 foot, will see what I can measure up , this blitz is at the War Memorial , they do have 2 other trucks with wooden trays also.
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Here's the inside of the AWM Cab 12
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Old 01-05-07, 14:38
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I agree Darren bloody wonderful photos. Max do you have any idea what the wood used is? Looks like the metal bits are of simple design ment to be fabricated by small metal working shops instead of large stamping operations. Looks like a long wheel base Ford.

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Old 01-05-07, 21:19
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It's a Ford F60L with a very early ARN.

The body would probably be some sort of Australian hardwood such as Eucalyptus.

The story is it was a 'spare' truck bought after the war and when bought by the previous owner the the seller produced the original tarp from his shed, and that's the one you see on it.

This truck was kept for some time in the Melbourne Tank Museum and you can see it as the 'prop' behind John Belfield in "Year of the Blitz".

She's a gem, isn't she?
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