2018 at the Hammond Barn

[Alex van de Wetering]

Bob,

How dented was your roof when you started? I have seen pictures with soldiers sitting on the roof, which resulted in a completely caved in roof.
My cab11 roof is also waiting treatment and from the pictures it seems it is in similar shape to yours......so, have to find a gorilla first....

That bracing is a good idea indeed!

Alex

[Jordan Baker]

That’s a lot of welding to do and make it look good from both the outside and inside on some pretty thin sheet. When I was redoing my roof I initially thought to do what you guys are doing. However I found it easier to simply replace the entire panel. I slowly ground down the spot welds along the top edge from the inside. Hen just popped the panel off.

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Alex

My roof was reasonably sound considering all the wood had fallen off ad numerous "roof light" had been installed by the previous garage owner.

Heavy things must have fallen on it over the years has a few creases had straight ridge marks....... and when stored for 16 years at a friends place it had been a play thing for his kids. The worst was the kink in the welded hat shape bracket re reinforcement that runs across the roof. It is still not perfect and will get back to sorting what is left...... there must have been over a dozen holes drilled for wires and lights. When the sheet metal bottom section is all replaced we will have another go at the roof until we are satisfied that a light skim coat of glazing compound will finish the outside.

For it's size, it is by far the most complex part of the truck to finish.

Will be building a rotisserie to tackle the repro of the 2B1 box copied form 3 rusted hulks.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jordan

Will try it this way first........ we were encouraged by the previous efforts of Grant when he did his cab 13 roof.......... plan "B" will be to do like you and replace the whole sheet.

Time will tell.

Bob C

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Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Bob,

How dented was your roof when you started? I have seen pictures with soldiers sitting on the roof, which resulted in a completely caved in roof.
My cab11 roof is also waiting treatment and from the pictures it seems it is in similar shape to yours......so, have to find a gorilla first....

That bracing is a good idea indeed!

Alex

I have accidently popped the glass out of folded Jeep windshields. Not out of the realm of the possible.

[RHClarke]

The Spring melt is on, and off, and on, and off, and on again. Mother nature sure is a bit unpredictable! Finally, we got some sunshine at the barn. While the mud was omnipresent, it was tolerable enough to roll the HUP out of its shelter. Unfortunately, the tell tale signs of leaking wheel cylinders showed up on the tires, precipitating a brake job. We usually do a brake check every season to ensure that we can stop at least once with some authority. The HUPs backing plates were soaked with brake fluid which leaked out after rust got under the rubber end cups and broke the seal between the cups and the cylinder.

Both wheel cylinders were pulled and cleaned up. The backing plates were scrubbed down and repainted. Everything came apart and went together without a hitch. Once the brakes were bled, the HUP was driven back into the sea can. Too much mud prevented a maintenance run. Maybe in a week or two we will experience dust. Wishful thinking...