Thread: 1958 Series 1

Nice find

Leave it as is.

Restore later if needed

CC

G'Day Mate,

thats a nice find, very straight body. whats the bulkhead like?
looks good with the cab roof something different.
I'd get rid of that home made scrub bar, you should of seen the one i had it was the first thing to go. the day i drove it home the roof rack was almost ready to fall off!



Enjoy the new ride.

cheers

Chris

What an absolute purler!

That roo bar looks like it would make a nice pair of gates, with a hinge or two in the middle.

Give it a polish and keep it as it is

It looks to be in quite good condition. I agree 'too good' to pass by.

I have not seen a bullbar exactly like that, but except for the double post in the middle it is similar to dealer fitted ones from the sixties, so it is probably copied from them, although it looks as if a couple of gate frames were used! They are actually quite effective, but have the drawback that they are likely to damage the bulkhead if you hit anything solid, instead of just the bumper and guards.

I would worry about the large mirror - it is likely to damage the mudguard (original, as you probably know, was a small convex one. I would be inclined to fit a mirror to the door or bulkhead, and you will most likely need two of them for registration.

John

Hi there

Nice find - quick cut and polish, remove the two gates of the front which sort of resembles a bullbar......

Most importantly keep it original - and it will be treasured forever...

I dont beleive its done much work - its very straight and almost perfect front bumper

Wayne

WOW!

Thats a very nice little truck mate - very nice indeed!

I can only echo the comments of the others on here. Don't restore it unless you have to!

I was going to restore my ambulance originally, but decided to keep it in it's original (good) condition. I'm really glad I did, as it has a lot of character and besides - any old hack can undergo a concourse resto, but only the best can be displayed as is without rebuild!

Arm thyself with a rotary buffer and a tin of Septone "Mr Buff" watered down a bit and set to work. Buff the paint up, give it a good wash, then give it a good coat of high quality polish (the best you can get)

You will be amazed what It can do!

Thanks for the comments, really appreaciate others thoughts.
Was purchased second hand in 1959 by a farmer and was passed onto his son in law. The bloke I bought it off wanted to pass it onto someone who would look after it.
The bulk head is really good, the only rust is a couple of pinheads in the angled floor under the pedals.
Yes I do need an original mirror - anyone know where these can be sourced?
The interior is dent free but the previous owner repainted it in an unoriginal volour and painted over most of the galvanised parts inside.
The truck cab is not original (but an option I believe) but he also gave me the original windscreen so I can take it back to the canvas cover.
Anyway thanks again for all you thoughts. Will probably be annoying a few of you for assistance when I work out what to do.
Regards, Barry

Originally Posted by lrdef110

Thanks for the comments, really appreaciate others thoughts.
Was purchased second hand in 1959 by a farmer and was passed onto his son in law. The bloke I bought it off wanted to pass it onto someone who would look after it.
The bulk head is really good, the only rust is a couple of pinheads in the angled floor under the pedals.
Yes I do need an original mirror - anyone know where these can be sourced?
The interior is dent free but the previous owner repainted it in an unoriginal volour and painted over most of the galvanised parts inside.
The truck cab is not original (but an option I believe) but he also gave me the original windscreen so I can take it back to the canvas cover.
Anyway thanks again for all you thoughts. Will probably be annoying a few of you for assistance when I work out what to do.
Regards, Barry

I believe the original mirrors are made of unobtainium, but I have seen suggested that haunting places specialising in motorcycle (particularly old motorcycle) and cycle bits is likely to be productive. What you find will be probably chrome not black, but that is easy to repaint. The arm is simply a bit of 1/2" (I think) bar with a 45 deg bend and threaded for about an inch with two nuts and washers. Head is held on by a simple clamp, which clamps the arm with the bolt and nut on the mirror head, and everything painted black except the glass.

While the small convex mirror is original, I am not sure they will pass rego, and in any case are pretty useless.

John