Chevs C60 and C15

[Rod Salter]

I bought a pair of trees
No, not pear trees and definitely no partridges in sight
These trees are 20 years old and these trees contained Chev blitzs, or the remains of them

t1.jpg

t2a.jpg

Using the chainsaw I soon had these trees pruned

s1a.jpg

I was going well until I snagged a concrete block with the chain, instantly causing it to refuse to cut any further

s1.jpg

so I was stumped.

s4.jpg

[Rod Salter]

The good crane truck man swung the chassis around, back and forth and eventually broke the remaining woodwork.

s2.jpg

The little crane could only lift one end on then the other of the main chassis

All in all a bit of a battle to get them loaded.

What have I got? Besides a big ingrown stump?

s3.jpg

Well

1r.jpg

One good chassis, less the front cross member which is rusted away
A rusted chassis, with a new bolted in cross member
Two transfer cases (unknown quality)
One gear box (full of water, until I moved the shaft, then the rear seal leaked the water out)
One motor (stuck and sump full of water)
One steering box (full of water, and now dismantled to find both bearings are rusted away, but the reciprocating balls and teeth are good!)
3 front diff assemblies (unknown quality, one set appears to have the backing plates and drums freshly painted)
3 rear diff assemblies ( unknown quality, one set painted, one set has no diff centre)
All brake drums stuck to the linings and do not move
4 fresh sandblasted and painted wheels
one fuel filter
one under chassis pintle hook assembly
enough rusty springs to make 4 goodies (I hope)
and some rusty tail/front shafts

tail.jpg

Oh, and a front with a good bonnet, grille and a front bumper

f1.jpg

What have I done now? Seemed like a good idea at the time!

[Rod Salter]

load.jpg

On the way home with a trailer load, at a service station, “Hey mate, there's blitz parts like that down the back paddock a my family’s place, give us your number and we'll contact you”
I should check the tyre pressure of the trailer, I suppose?
I am going to change from coffee to water and ration the baked beans

In the mean time I have replaced the o-rings in the crane's ram and started to strip monkey-face number three to get the good chassis for 51555
and the sandblasting outfit has arrived. Now to find some sand and fix the big compressor

Cheers rod

[Tony Smith]

I foresee a lot of Molasses and sandblasting grit in your future.

[Rod Salter]

The diffs have been burnt, toasted, on fire at some time

The front crown wheel and pinion seem ok

d1.jpg

The rear had the oil cooked and then moisture has entered, but it is not pitted so may clean up

That is if I can ever get the axles out or the front hubs apart

Life lesson, If you have a burnt vehicle > strip it while it is warm and chuck all the parts out in the rain
If you store it in a shed after a few years every bolt will be permentaly siezed and the metal continues to rust away
The parts from my mini that burnt, that I did not want, and threw out, are still OK, everthing in the shed simply disintergrated

d2.jpg

All three of the gearboxes I have, have been full of water and will need serious attention

g1.jpg

At first I was perplexed as to why anyone would cut the springs with an oxy, but after careful study, they were on the diffs, so toasted too

s1.jpg

more to follow

[Rod Salter]

I took the sparkplugs from the engine to be greeted with a waterfall

Then after getting some of the parts home I pulled the head
it is only half full of water!

b1.jpg

and the sump

b5.jpg

and finally the pistons, and gave the cylinders a clean

p2.jpg

p3a.jpg

every top ring is stuck in the groove