CMP's in Greece

[jim fraser (RIP)]

hi kostas.how are you.welcome to the sight.do you still have lots of jeep stuff.regards jim fraser,arnprior,

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Haridimos

How do you find the hole scene?

Hi Haridimos,

Great find! It reminded me of the F15 I spotted on Crete some 13 years ago. Contrary to that one, which was modified and abused beyond hope, the C15 you found looks very much restorable. The sheet metal looks good, although a little bent here and there, a bonus is the cargo box is still there (albeit modified).

Main issue could be the drive line (engine, gearbox, axles). It seems it is all there, but I wonder how much (ab)use it has seen. If the 216 cu.in. engine turns out to have died, you could always think about fitting a 270 cu.in. engine out of a GMC CCKW 2.5 ton truck. The Greek Army used a lot of those, so a spare engine should be around someplace near you.

We are glad to help. Let us know if you get it and keep us posted!

Regards,
Hanno

[Haridimos]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Great find! .......
We are glad to help. Let us know if you get it and keep us posted!
Regards,
Hanno

Hi Hanno!

Thanks for the welcoming and your encouraging words!
I hope to have news soon!

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

It reminded me of the F15 I spotted on Crete some 13 years ago.

This F15 rests some 60 klm away from my summer house, so I could find it, if it's still there. Reminds me of another one, luckier though, also at Crete, who found a new home at April 2005.

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[Haridimos]

Last Sunday we decided to go some 100 klm out of Athens and check what that "vintage old truck in a farm" was, as some rumors said.

It was a C15A heavily modified, as you can see from the pictures.

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What do you think?

kostas

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Haridimos

What do you think?

It is a C15A(four wheel drive)(C15 is two wheel drive)..
Looks in restorable shape and most of the stuff is there that I can see.
Get it..at least save it/..
Someone will want to restore it,.
Don't let the scrap man get it.
Good luck.Nice project truck.

[Grant Bowker]

I agree that there are modifications - it has been modified to left hand drive, the interior engine cover is different than any I have seen, perhaps to cover a different engine.
It looks solid, not rotted out like so many I see in Canada and it has the cargo box which so often is disposed of to permit mounting something larger or heavier. Even if you don't want to return it to original configuration there are a lot of useful parts still in place.

[Haridimos]

Grant, you are right, the interior engine cover is different because it houses other than the 216 engine. According to a local old man, a..."mercedes" ..

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I confess you that initially I had no desire to engage in such an adventure to rescue that C15A, but now, I started thinking it again...

@Alex Blair: Thank you Alex for your answer!

[Haridimos]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

It reminded me of the F15 I spotted on Crete some 13 years ago. Regards,Hanno

Here is an update to that F15, Hanno found at the mountained Crete, back in 1998:

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Second photo is credited by Rene Valente@Flickr and shows the truck in 2006.
Third photo is from wargamer.gr.
The last photo shows the F15 as it was last summer!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hi Kostas,

Great to see that F15 is still alive 15 years after I saw it! I still think it is modified and abused beyond hope, but possibly the "shrink wrapping" should preserve the useful bits for another Ford to drive again.

Thanks,
Hanno