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Old 21-02-05, 07:50
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Wandering round the back blocks this weekend resulted in finding this F60L cab 12 in really good nick seeing its sitting in the weather. Anyone (maybe Mike) shed any light on the 75618 serial number?
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Old 21-02-05, 09:26
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I would surgest that it's number is 25618 as 75618 seems to be to high a number for acab 12. I will be heading to the war memorial with in the next couple of weeks if I remember I will look it up.

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Old 21-02-05, 10:17
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I reckon you're right, Max it fits neatly into a series of early cab 12 F60Ls.
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Old 22-02-05, 00:48
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Heres a shot from the RHS. Sure looks like to top of a 7 but maybe its just that font. Any help would be greatly appreciated Max.
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Old 22-02-05, 06:50
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Graeme are you adding this one to your collection? To get a cab 12 with both doors is getting harder these days. You can see on the front bumper bar the remains of where it's number was also. To me these cab 12's are the pick of the blitz's as far as blitzs go,but not the roomiest, I have one under way to be restored, just seems to have too many other things to fix.


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Old 22-02-05, 09:10
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I,m working on it Max but have to consult my divorce lawyer first.
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Old 22-02-05, 09:50
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Graeme, was there a data plate on the side of the dash? That will have the truck's serial number, like this one:


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Old 27-02-05, 07:43
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The managing director finally relented and let me buy a new truck at Ballarat swap meet. Too bad its a 13 cab.
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Old 01-03-05, 07:57
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Today I managed a visit to the war memorial and checked out number 25618 and it turned out to be a carrier,LP2A eng number1G6483 1797.Next was 75618 and it read FORD / L / 3ton / GS 4x4 / 2G37098F / F60 L / 1941 /158.25 / 10.50 x 20 tyres.It also was a WD TYPE UK ORDER 889.Hope you can make sense of all this.
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Old 03-03-05, 22:22
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The managing director finally relented and let me buy a new truck at Ballarat swap meet. Too bad its a 13 cab.
Here's a link to the website where you can purchase these models.

I don't have any connection with the seller, but these look pretty good overall.

Here's a pic from the site.

Note how they've wrongly used the front lifting hub on the rear axle which mars an otherwise good effort.

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Old 04-03-05, 02:11
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I need to approach this 1 with a bit of sensitivity. Little old lady is not too keen to let anyone near her late husbands toys. I will quietly go about asking for a closer look.
Thanks for your help.
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Old 04-03-05, 02:12
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As for the model I bought 2 so I can shorten 1 to a C60S.
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