CGT Restoration - Update

[Walde Libera]

I had the engine running in a couple of hours shortly after receiving the CGT, amazing since it probably had not run in many years. It's a sorry state of affairs but the main components are are all intact, the engine, transmission, transfer case, winch, axles, shafts all good. Even the fair leads front and back were there.
As best as I could tell this vehicle was released from the Canadian army in 1958 and rear body removed to be used to as a "crummy" for hauling loggers up to the top of a local mountain until the late sixty's. It subsequently became a back yard toy in Maple Ridge in the 70's where a current member of Western Command Jeff Davis played in it as a child probably well into the seventy's. In the early 80's it went to a farm near Mission and ended up parked on a hill pointed nosed down held back by its played out winch cable wrapped around a tree.
I had just restored an CDN M37 and was looking for a new project something Canadian, WW 2 and unique.

I felt this CGT could be a fully restored driver, so with patience and time (man hours) this project began as a complete frame off restoration right from the beginning. Attached are pictures of the tear down. My target for the first winter was to have the drive train done. Even with rusty bolts a little heat from an oxy/acetylene torch did the trick in most case bolts and nuts spun off. Its amazing how good WW 2 steel is when you work with it. Well it ended up taking 2 years for this phase. The only major missing item was the rear body, so I started an internet search for one. That story comes later.