Well I picked the new baby up the other day and have cleared the spiders and bits and bits left behind by numerous small rodents. The vehicle is pretty much as expected with rust in the back corners of the cab, the front floors, the doors supports and inner kick panels. So not to bad for sitting in a farmers paddock under the gum trees for the past 15 odd years. I have the vehicle code and I am sure someone can tell me what they all mean, still trying to identify the engine although I have another 1/2 an inch of grease and dirt to move to find the stamping on the engine, looks to be a 235 though. It has a 4 speed box and no 2 speed diff, looks like the truck is rated for 4 Ton or in Aussie weights 3600 kilograms. The Tray is just over 12 feet long and about 7 1/2 feet wide. Looks like it was painted red at some point in time. So working on a jobs list for the restoration and making a list of parts I need to purchase, I am trying to find the correct naming convention for some of the rust repair panels and I did add a post in the paint and repair forum to try and work this out.
