Australian No.4 Army Trailer

I bought an Australian No.4 Army Trailer, though they were used by all our armed forces. Originally bought to just use the tub as a bed for my Grand Willys project, but it would need too many modifications in resizing to be practical for that. So going to do a partial restoration on it to make it structurally sound so it can be sold off. I don't want to put too much time and money into it and not recoup my investment.

Though similar in dimension to the Willys trailer used in the USA, these Australian ones had different stampings on the ends, guards, and other details. Notice the Willys or Bantam trailer behind it to compare. Here is my tag. 2WH means 2 wheels. 8 CWT is 8 Hundred Weight, ( 8x112 = 896 lbs), just over 400 kg. Made in 1945. FMC shows it was made by the Ford Manufacturing Company in Geelong. They were also made by GMH in Adelaide. More information of them here. http://jeepdraw.com/TRAILER-AUSSIE.html

Found these original army specs for my trailer online on the G503 site posted by Ian Fawbert. My exact trailer was actually pictured on there too as an example. Couldn't believe it when the serial numbers matched! The A frame was in really great nick and just unbolts. Has the original drop down support leg and pintle hook which are quite valuable.

Thought I would start the trailer repairs on fixing this impact spot. Looks like most of the damage is centred around the one area.

Welded on a piece from my slide hammer kit. It is a pretty big one and just started sliding the weight towards me to pull the bend out.

Came up pretty well. Went right around all the sides and was able to straighten the rest with just careful massaging with a lead filled rubber mallet. The rails will have to have sections completely replaced.

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