2017 at the Hammond Barn

[Grant Bowker]

First, my apologies for not posting more frequent updates on what the barn people have been doing. I will try to catch up.
Recently the barn team went on a parts recovery roadtrip. Not a crosscountry or crossborder trip but with some interesting results. Rob got some interesting parts for the M-37 series and I ended up with most of the CMP Cab 13 parts. 2 seats of a pattern I didn't recognize, a cab back panel in fairly good shape, a cab floor of a pattern that I had not seen before (but should have known would exist, a cab nose in less battered than average condition, a couple of 20" rims, PTO tire air compressor and transmission and transfer case (also of a pattern I had not seen before). We were told the CMP parts had all come from a C60L operated by the RCAF. This is consistent with the parts provided and the yellow paint on them that didn't appear to be a recent respray.

[Grant Bowker]

From above it looks like CMP seats I'm familiar with. perhaps less abused than many but otherwise much the same.
From below the mounting I'm familiar with from cabs 11, 12 and 13 isn't there and there are cone shaped mounts on extended studs below the rail. All welded neatly in place. Also the seat position lever is much fancier than I'm used to in cab 11, 12 and 13. Does anyone know what the seats come from?

[Grant Bowker]

As a teaser to the next posts, this is the floor recently recovered. We had it home before we noticed it wasn't the "normal" floor associated with 2 speed transfer cases (or for that matter any other I had seen before).

[Grant Bowker]

Attached to the transmission is half of the tire pump PTO assembly. The drive gear and shift lever are there but no pump. The blanking plate is a factory looking light metal part, not the crude steel plate you would expect Bubba to make if he just ripped the pump assembly off. Also, since the six bolt attachment to the transmission is a standard size/shape, it would be so easy to find a cover. Also taking it all off would leave more clearance around the transmission. I don't know of anything else that used this style of PTO so I can't think of a reason only half of it would be installed at the factory to let the other half be installed later. Most PTOs transmit more power than I would expect them to put through the light metal castings used here. Everything else CMP is so heavy this seems out of character for a PTO intended to transmit much power.

[Grant Bowker]

The part of this that first caught our eyes as unusual was the shift linkage for the transfer case and transmission. Most 2 speed Chevrolet CMP transfer cases we've seen have a tower that is mounted to the transfer case crossmember and pokes up through the floor. it has multiple rods and interlocks and requires quite bit of fiddling to set up. Bob detests the fiddling. It lets you select 2wd, 4WD High, 4WD Low or neutral for winching.
This setup will only let you have 2WD or 4WD Low. The same movement of the lever that engages the front axle also selects low gear. This case does not have a PTO fitted. In this style linkage winching (or other transfer case mounted PTO functions) are controlled separately so I believe could be engaged while the truck is in gear.
This transmission and transfer case also explain an engine cover with shift plate that came with my C60L (with REL body) that made no sense with the "normal tower shifter T case on the truck.

[Grant Bowker]

Better view of the linkages

[Grant Bowker]

Shift plate. The people we got the engine cover and other parts from know each other and the parts all came from the same general part of Ontario so it is possible they might have all come from the same truck. We haven't asked questions yet. The weight on the engine cover is consistent with a C60L.

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

From above it looks like CMP seats I'm familiar with. perhaps less abused than many but otherwise much the same.
From below the mounting I'm familiar with from cabs 11, 12 and 13 isn't there and there are cone shaped mounts on extended studs below the rail. All welded neatly in place. Also the seat position lever is much fancier than I'm used to in cab 11, 12 and 13. Does anyone know what the seats come from?

I KNOW THOSE SEATS I NEET THOSE SEATS, AS MANY AS YOU CAN FIND!!! PLEASEEEEE!!

PM sent

Frankie

[RHClarke]

It has been a busy year - away from the barn, and so not so many posts. However, this will have to suffice until the New Year.

From Bob Carriere, Grant Bowker and myself, enjoy your holidays and Merry Christmas!

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[Bob Carriere]

Did my last run of the year today at minus 21 C ....... with no top so open roadster style........ ran like a charm once I had the battery was recharged,

Now I am ready for New Years Day snow run 2018........ forecast for Jan 1st morning....... minus 28 C ......nice fluffy snow every where.

....... what I would give for an Australian sun burn right now!!!!!!

Cheers

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

Sorry for spamming this tread again, but I am still in a huge need of those seats

Mr. Grant Bowker - The seats in your post #46 are the rear seats from a FAT, here is a picture of the original mountings in my cab 13 FGT. I have found one pair allready, but still need 2 more seats. please, if they were free to swap/sell, let me know, I am highly interested in them.

Frankie