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23-11-11, 03:32
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thanks!
Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement!
I am aware that this project has unfortunately turned into a "resto-mod". That was certainly not my original intention. I am very fortunate, however, to be a part of a forum whose members strive for historical accuracy on their own restorations, but also understand or at least tolerate those who take a different path in getting their trucks on the road again.  I probably would be tarred and feathered on any other MV forum... Thanks again! David Last edited by David DeWeese; 23-11-11 at 16:26. 
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23-11-11, 22:28
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CMP restored in spirit if not in detail is still a good thing
Hi David
In no way should you feel your efforts are not a restoration. For they are most definitely are a restoration the CMP in spirit. For in looking at the history of the birth of CMP concept, they where very much making do with what parts could be found at hand. I've got three CMPs and only one has any claim on being an "original" truck and it has collected its share of later replacement parts. The other two the best you can say about them is CMPs with locally supplied bodies. Keep up the good work, just remember to tell people the 327 Corvette engine is not stock, but come to think of it the first Corvettes had engines not far descended from those used in Chevy CMPs. Cheers Phil
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24-11-11, 02:18
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....327....
Wow, I coulda' had a V8!
 Thanks, Phil! I hope I don't step on anyone's toes here. Posting this kind of stuff on a serious restoration forum is like walking through a mine field with clown shoes on... Certainly don't want to get "voted off the island". Thanks, David Last edited by David DeWeese; 24-11-11 at 05:10.
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24-11-11, 07:45
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 As for the rest I think the other blokes have summed it up pretty well You have done an excellent job. Great to see it up and about  About time I pulled my finger out
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05-03-12, 04:22
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storage lockers...
Thanks Andrew and Jim!
Had some free time to work out the storage lockers that go between the cab and rear body on the Duple-bodied C8. I had no plans to go by, only one period photo of the truck, and very few photos of restored examples for reference. Add in the fact that all the lockers in the photos appeared different from each other and... The Duple-bodied Morris had a locker arrangement with a pressed "X" pattern on one of the doors that appealed to me, so I decided to go that route. Made the framework to mount the lockers over the fuel tanks out of angle iron and the sheetmetal was used from my first failed attempt at making a rear body, which I had stuffed back in a sea container here a year ago. Glad I kept it as the sheetmetal was all just about the right size for this project. The pressed "X" pattern on the locker doors were donated from an old 5-gallon US fuel can I had laying around. Not exact, but I like it!  Thanks, David p.s. Does anyone have any photos of the spare tire carrier I might use for reference? Last edited by David DeWeese; 06-03-12 at 04:04. Reason: forgot to thank Andrew for his comment, and removed b.s.
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05-03-12, 05:54
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