For those that wonder what ever happens to things - here is an update nearly 3 years later.
The C15a has plates and insurance now, so I poured the lawn mowers gas into the tank and took a shake down run this afternoon. After 35 miles on my rebuilt speedometer ( thanks Bob from Down Under ) the temperature read just warm, and I had no leaks ( well 1 small leak from the T-case, but a can of stop-leak should remedy that ...).
I need to figure out how to get turn signals onto the truck, as the other Sunday drivers on the backroad did not think anyone was driving the big truck slowly down the road, let alone know what turns I had planned.
More pix later.
Stewart
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