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[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the offer for the template. At this stage Tony Wheeler is dropping by in the next week or so with his holder for me to get measurements.
I don't have the bolts either but should be able to get enough info off Tony's.

Finally have completed the drawings of the battery holder. See attached. I have attached a seperate pdf of the Fabrication Notes to save clogging up the thread. Hope the drawings are readable otherwise will have to get the info out some other way. Hope they are of good use to other restorers.
Thanks again Ian, Tony and Tony.

Cheers,

[John Mackie]

The fuel filters that i ordered turned up on wedensday.
One problem I found on one was that the bottom cork washer was glued on off center causing the elementto sit in the housing "cocked " which will prevent the top washer from sealing, The other two are also slightly off center also. I will take this up with the dealer.

[Jacques Reed]

Is it another example of Chinese "craftsmanship" for a price or, god forbid, western workers who no longer care about making a good product?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jacques

Great job - another addition to the CMP knowledge library, your efforts and those who helped with information and pictures will be appreciated by others.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers Phil

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Phil,

Thanks for your kind comments. It was actually a lot of fun to dust of the old T square, drawing board, and triangles to make the drawings- no CAD for this old boy!
I think I will start a new thread in the Restoration Forum with the drawings as that is the more appropriate place for them. I kind of just kept adding to my original thread in Sergeant's Mess.
I believe if I post the drawings as pdf attachments they will view full size. Will try that if it does not violate forum rules.
Nice to see another American who appreciates the CMP vehicles too.

Cheers

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jacques

Just saw your part specific thread heading Ford CMP Truck- Battery Holder plans this is a great idea as it will make the drawing much easier to find.

Yes, we are showing are age to admit that we started doing drawings with a pencil and T square. I only made the transition to CAD when all the projects I was working on in my work were done in CAD.

I got a kick out of your My background closing to your notes made me curious about how you chose Melbourne, figure with all the world you had seen you picked one of your favorite places.

Cheers Phil

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Phil,
It is a long story how I wound up in Melbourne Australia from the farmlands of PA.
It began with my mother being an Australian who met my dad in Brisbane while he served in the US Army Signal corps in Australia and New Guinea during WW2. She came to the US in 1946 and married my dad. When dad retired in 1972 he brought mom back to Australia to have a few years with her elderly parents as she had only seen them once in 26 years. (it was the days before cheap international travel)
I graduated from Kings Point in 1974 and after only getting one relief job on an American merchant ship sat for 6 months unemployed. Mom and Dad in letters at that time said shipping companies were looking for deck officers in the Australian Merchant Navy (Marine) and sent me job ads from the papers. I packed my sextant and seagoing gear and headed down under in 1975 to see them as I had not seen them for two years also and thought I might have a working holiday for 6 months then go back to the US. A month after arriving I landed a job as Third Officer on a cruise ship sailing out of Hong Kong between the Far East and Australia. I met my future wife, an Australian from Melbourne onboard who was the Ship's Hairdresser on a working holiday also. As they say- the rest is history, and 37 years later I am still here.

Cheers