restoration project waterbowser C15A 1943

[Owen Evans]

Great work Guy!
I'm looking forward to seeing the tank in place.

Cheers,
Owen.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Nicely done, Guy! Please keep the pictures coming.

Alex

p.s. you have a really nice and roomy workshop, there!

[Guy Verstrepen]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Nicely done, Guy! Please keep the pictures coming.

Alex

p.s. you have a really nice and roomy workshop, there!

thanks Alex
in the meantime the water tank has been put on it and it gives a nice picture

now connect the electricity and fuel pipes

[Guy Verstrepen]

A while ago I talked about making filters, the company I work with sent the first results, here are some pictures

[Guy Verstrepen]

and here a few more pictures. the material used is aluminum.
now some finishing and then I will show the complete result.

[Guy Verstrepen]

Here is an image of how the end result should be.
The top is different than usual on the waterbowser.
maybe after the war ???

[Mike K]

Just wondering why the CMP water tanks appear to have UK made filters fitted. I'm still looking for a loan of a filter to measure up and hopefully make up a repro version as in those pics, aluminium is a good choice I think, although its not cheap .

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=19457

[Owen Evans]

Nice work Guy, I look forward to seeing the finished item.

Originally Posted by Guy Verstrepen

Here is an image of how the end result should be.
The top is different than usual on the waterbowser.
maybe after the war ???

I think you are right. Note also that the filter powder filling port (the small pipe on the side of the main body) comes out at a 45-degree angle on the postwar filter. The wartime filter has a 90-degree bend. Note I have used the terminology "wartime" and "postwar", but it is quite possible that the taller top and 45-degree filling port could have even been a "late war" improvement for ease of manufacturing?

Owen.