F15A Followed me home

[Walde Libera]

Dave
Congratulations we finally have a Ford in the family, looks reasonably complete. Don't see a dog house and just need one seat. The door numbers were late war, 2 numbers a dash than a 3 digit. The first 2 indicates type of vehicle, I remember the FAT had a 87 prefix than a 3 digit number. There was discussion on this years ago, should be information on this forum.
Walde

[super dave]

Well its been a while since I started this thread and have a chance to give a couple updates. As I had picked up this unit almost a year ago I had a good week as I have acquired 3 more units this week or I guess it is 2 1/2. This first one I had picked up looked pretty good when I first purchased it but when I got it home and started to look at it closely I found that it was in pretty sad shape drive train wise as the trany case was cracked, rear end was pooched and I believe that the engine block is cracked . So this week Luck would have it I came across 3 units and just got the other 2 home tonight from a road trip . Now I should have enough parts between the bunch to make a good one


A few pictures of the 1/2 one I picked up last Sunday but at least it had the data/serial plates on the dash.

[super dave]

Also can anyone tell me if these two items mounted inside on the back of the cab are original as there is a box and rod bolted to it ??

[super dave]

A few pictures of today's recovery

[super dave]

A few more, Its amazing that I hardly seen any CMPs in the last 10 years around here and in 11 short months that I now have 4


Also that all of these units are Fords and pretty much every Cmp that I have seen here in Alberta have been Fords and in BC they pretty much have been all Chevs, Any thought to this ???

[rob love]

I believe your 15cwt with the M-MACH-1 chassis would be from a KL welding lorry. If so, it likely has a fair pack of rear springs. The KLs were very heavy. The cab should also be in good shape. KLs did not put on a lot of unnecessary miles, and did not get abused like a regular cargo.

Re the Ford/Chevy thing, I find the same thing in this province. Other than specialized vehicles like the gin palace, pretty much all the CMPs I have ever found locally were Fords. Thank Goodness too, as that flathead is a work of art and engineering. The only chevs that have ever been in my yard were the ones where there was no Ford version available.

[super dave]

Originally Posted by rob love

I believe your 15cwt with the M-MACH-1 chassis would be from a KL welding lorry. If so, it likely has a fair pack of rear springs. The KLs were very heavy. The cab should also be in good shape. KLs did not put on a lot of unnecessary miles, and did not get abused like a regular cargo.

it has 12 leafs compared to the 1st one I got at 10 leafs

[super dave]

Originally Posted by super dave

Also can anyone tell me if these two items mounted inside on the back of the cab are original as there is a box and rod bolted to it ??

Does anyone have a clue as to whether the 2 items on the inside back of the cab roof are possibly original ??

[super dave]

Well I was able to pick up another piece to the puzzle yesterday the hard to find spare tire/tool box and the shopping list is getting smaller.


Just a general question to all of the cmp crowd that has more experience and knowledge than me but how many different variants of the toolbox/Spare tire holder were made as looking through various pictures I have seen some that are welded together, some that has a bit of a cutout on each side where the gas filler neck is and the one I picked up looks for the most part bolted together ??

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by super dave

Just a general question to all of the cmp crowd that has more experience and knowledge than me but how many different variants of the toolbox/Spare tire holder were made as looking through various pictures I have seen some that are welded together, some that has a bit of a cutout on each side where the gas filler neck is and the one I picked up looks for the most part bolted together ??

Nice find!

I think the bolted variant was issued with the Completely Knocked Down (C.K.D.) 15-cwt bodies 2H1 and 2J1, because to me it makes sense to have a tool box which can be flat-packed alongside a flat-packed cargo box.

The ones with the cut-out were for the earlier 2A1, 2B1 (and early 2C1?) bodies to clear the short filler necks on the Cab 11 and 12.

CMP_15_Cwt_body_styles_CKD.jpg

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Nice find!

I think the bolted variant was issued with the Completely Knocked Down (C.K.D.) 15-cwt bodies 2H1 and 2J1, because to me it makes sense to have a tool box which can be flat-packed alongside a flat-packed cargo box.

The ones with the cut-out were for the earlier 2A1, 2B1 (and early 2C1?) bodies to clear the short filler necks on the Cab 11 and 12.

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Thanks, Its kind of what I thought it would be but was not sure that it might have been a ford chev thing.

[Kirk Armitage]

Originally Posted by super dave

Does anyone have a clue as to whether the 2 items on the inside back of the cab roof are possibly original ??

Great find , The box on the cab wall, behind the driver ,on you KL, looks to have the same bolt pattern as on my cab. First time I have seen a pic of this box. My cab wall did not have holes for the bar, pics can be seen under KL restoration in this forum.
Regards Kirk

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Kirk Armitage

Great find , The box on the cab wall, behind the driver ,on you KL, looks to have the same bolt pattern as on my cab. First time I have seen a pic of this box. My cab wall did not have holes for the bar, pics can be seen under KL restoration in this forum.
Regards Kirk

Thanks for the info, I looked up you thread and how is your project coming along ??

[Kirk Armitage]

Originally Posted by super dave

Thanks for the info, I looked up you thread and how is your project coming along ??

Nothing done to the KL this year , other projects on the go . If you ever have that box off the cab ,measurements would be appreciated .
Regards. Kirk