International Harvester XF4 Army Prototype

Tommy I think the Border Flywheelers at Barham may also have a IH one also. Maybe worth a call. Clive

Tommy I think the Border Flywheelers at Barham may also have a IH one also. Maybe worth a call. Clive

You are correct Clive. I did not know they had one. Just checked out their webpage and came across this photo. You can see the XF4 in the line. I shall contact them about this vehicle. Thanks

The Collector who owns the truck in Border Flywheelers Museum is Bruce Campbell from Koondrook. The Border Flywheelers contact at Barham is Colin Lloyd
03 54533818.

The Museum at Puckapunyal has been closed for nearly twelve months, due to high risk.

The Collector who owns the truck in Border Flywheelers Museum is Bruce Campbell from Koondrook. The Border Flywheelers contact at Barham is Colin Lloyd
03 54533818.

The Museum at Puckapunyal has been closed for nearly twelve months, due to high risk.

Thanks Beaver

Will call to see if I can get some photos etc.

Picked up a Workshop Manual for the IH XF4. The manual has a section on the Shute Upton Engineering (SUE) winch so that matter has been dealt with now.

A bloke by the name of schnider near Rupanyup in Victoria has D1 and I think he also has another proto type as well.
That's a good pick up Tommy.
Robert

A bloke by the name of schnider near Rupanyup in Victoria has D1 and I think he also has another proto type as well.
That's a good pick up Tommy.
Robert

Thanks for that info Robert. I think that may be the fella I am after as someone in Victoria has at least two of these XF4s.

Update...

Spent this afternoon readying the XF4 for transport to it's new home. A good mate of mine helped out with the towing duties from the backyard to the house front. A tilt tray truck will be picking the XF4 up tomorrow morning.

I removed what was left of the cab canvas roof. Although looking rather tattered, it is complete apart from the top flat section. It will make a great pattern for the reproduction of a new one.

Whilst checking over the vehicle, we found an under floor storage compartment behind the two piece swing down tailgate. The compartment was full of the missing driveshafts, axles, the remainder of the tray hoop sections and other parts. This was a pleasant surprise and will go a long way towards completing the truck.

One other interesting thing I did find this afternoon was that the drivers door has been replaced using the door from XF4 'D4'. If the door is viewed from a certain angle, the number '4' can be seen directly behind the '2'. As you will see in the photos in post #1, the door is a different shade of olive drab. I now know why.



As you can see, the XF4 is not a small truck.



'Under tray floor' storage compartment.

Looks like you have enough driveshafts for 2 trucks.

what a great find looks like it could be fun but sounds like your gunna fix it up nice

Paul