Ford F15 Cab 11 CBW70
 

Here’s a picture of an early F15 that was at Beltring one year, note the 2A1 body. I had the opportunity to buy this truck some 16 years ago un-restored from a previous owner. It had an interesting history in so much as it was very low mileage and had been used as a run about on a large Berkshire country estate that had been taken over by the SOE during the war. The story went that the truck was left behind when the unit pulled out at the end of the war. It then worked for a couple of years in the estate wood mill before a fault with the distributor put it into the back of the shed where it stayed until bought at sale in the mid 1980's. The truck was totally original when offered for sale to me.

David this ones on the CD I sent you
Pete

Re: early cmp's
 

Pete,

I'd seen a picture of CBW 70 before at http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/cmp15.htm:
http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/f/40...V8_15cwtJM.jpg

But it was your remark that triggered me to recall it was featured in some back issue of Wheels & Tracks. It turned out to be in the same Readers' Forum of W&T 25 (October 1988) as a 1943 F15 with equally interesting history.

Surely CBW 70 must be the most likely contender for the oldest surviving F15, if anything else the oldest one in running, restored condition?

What "sensible offer" did Paul turn down? :D

Regards,
Hanno

Sensible Offer
 

Hanno,

How's that for memory, not bad for an ageing gentleman like me. I had completely forgotten it was in WT's.

Paul was indeed the man, he was an early stalwart in the Berks and Oxon area of the MVCG as we were then and I was the Area Secretary.

The jeep mentioned in the text went to Tony Oliver; those with an interest in German vehicles will know this name.

Sensible offer?........ £500 to the punters.......... a bit less to me,………….. At the time I had just acquired the F8 FFW in the picture else where in this thread, it came as a kit of parts on a trailer and a set of tea chests. Trying to find out what the thing should look like was almost impossible.

The world of CMP restoration was very much fringe then, and early stuff was nearly non existent.

It was all Jeep, Dodge a few GMC's but not many and a handful of 13 cabs and a few stalwart British truck restorers, we were all restorers then, we had to be!!.

Remember the world was not at our finger tips in terms of forums such as this and access via e-bay and the web to suppliers and dealers all over the world at the touch of a button. It was very much a case of Wally Wheatly or nothing for CMP's, and Wally didn't advertise.

As a result I have to say that I passed the truck up, although there is never a month goes by when I don't think about that decision. It's good to see it now has a good home because it did change hands a number of times before it found its present home.

Pete :(

CBW 70
 

The rego appears to be from Oxfordshire County Council, and late 1946. Regrettably the rego does not appear in my listing.

Re: early cmp's
 

Another picture of the same F15, taken by Phil Waterman at Beltring in 2001:
http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...5BeltringW.jpg
Source: http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.com/

I must admit not seeing it that year, I probably was too occupied with my own Ford...

H.

Ford F15 Cab 11 CBW70
 

And a nice F15 on Milweb as well:

Ford F15 Cab 11
 

Just bought 1940 Ford f15 11. It has only done 3132 miles since new. Need to change fluids and service. Cant get hold of sparkplugs, in manual J10 or J9. Can any one tell me a replacement please.
Is there any oil filter on the engine before a give it a flush and change the oil.
Someone has disconnected the left hand fuel tank, so I reconnected it and the fuel tank switch. I have no idea when it was disconnected but I syphoned the old petrol out, it smelt and looked like it had been mixed with varnish. Has anyone any idea what petrol goes like after a long time?

...it looks like varnish.

Where did you find one in that condition??????

(I want it)

Want it
 

You wouldn't be Robinson Crusoe there, Bruce.

I want to see LOTS of pictures, please!

Letting us know where in the world you are might make it easier to know what brands are common in your neck of the woods.

The original plugs in the manual are listed as Champion J9-COM or H10. Both are 14mm thread plugs with the J plugs having a 3/8" long thread and the H plugs having a 7/16" long thread. The head thickness means that the 3/8" reach plugs are shrouded within the thread and foul up more often, so 7/16" reach plugs are more commonly used, although the 3/8' plugs are useful for commonality if you run other WW2 vehicles. (The 3/8" plug is equivalent to the AC44 plug used on Chev CMP, Jeep, Dodge, GMC CCKW, WLA Harley, etc..). The 3/8" plugs are rarely used these days and would likely be a backorder for stock.

If you really must run the 3/8" reach plugs, equivalents are:

AC 44
Autolite 303 (Old No A7 or A5)
NGK B6S
Denso W20S-U

If you can't find NOS H10 plugs (7/16" reach), some alternatives are:

Champion H10C
AC 45L
Autolite 216
NGK B6HS
Denso W20FS-U

mgs44,

Welcome to this forum. Please use your full name, we are among friends here.

May I presume you just bought CBW 70?
Regards,
Hanno

And 4 years later it's back up on MilWeb, detoriated since the last time seen and double the price.....

2009:

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/at...9&d=1234272919

2013:

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/at...9&d=1378855255

Back up for sale on MilWeb - see CMPs for sale in England...

H.

Now owned by Ian Roper:

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Recent pic of Ian Roper’s F15:

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PS: threads merged and posts copied to get all info on CBW 70 in one thread