2008 at the Hammond Barn

[guyvapeur]

rob.........

A picture is worth a million words..........

Guy

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by guyvapeur

rob......... A picture is worth a million words..........Guy

Guy

Looks great! Hopefully you can stop by the barn tomorrow morning...are you ready to take orders for other repros?

Rob

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Guy

... stop by the barn tomorrow morning...are you ready to take orders for other repros? Rob

Guy stopped by to deliver his first prototype of shifter lever cover. Looks good to me!


He also stopped by to help warm up the boys with a cuppa. Nice neighbours out Hammond way...



The rest of the morning involved clean up and snow management. Bob and Grant hooked up the sno-blower to the tractor, while Guy and I chatted about upcoming cut and sew jobs. After the chat, I put the HUP away and headed home for the 1300hr curfew...she got wind of the prototype in Cantly, and is watching me like a hawk, just in case...(reminds me, I have to check the lotto tickets).

[Bob Carriere]

.....very good pictures from that fancy Blueberry telephone......

....now you have you figured out how to use the telephone part...????

Boob

[sth65pac]

Hey Bob,

I am just going to show you & everyone else a nice Ford floor... We're warming up to 25C and I am getting 'on' with my F15A. Holidays soon & I will have my engine out & rebuilding..

Here is a pic or two, 2 hours wire brushing...
and then my favourite: primer... looks like five minutes, more like 5 hours.

Ian

[Bob Carriere]

Do all Ford floors have that diamond pattern.....? or is this a Aussie special....??? I am more familair with the dot & dash GM plates fo the early 40s....

...and was is that wooden block near the back wall......

5 hours is still pretty remarkable time.... I sandblasted mine and used two sets of floor plates to make one..... I had holes torched out... so we had to cut out patches taking care to line up the D&D pattern so they owuld be unnoticable........ I am pleased to say that Grant and I did a very good job.... the hard part is grinding extra weld bits with a die grinder trying to work around the D&D pattern and even rebuilding and reshaping some of the D&D.... just part of being mad.......

Wish we had some of your warm weather..... old man Winter has been relatively kind so far.......but rumors are it's coming!!!!!

BooB

[sth65pac]

Bob I dont know what is the 'right' floor. I think 42's have a diamond floor. have seen a dot & dash on a Chev... Tony Smith would know..Or My good friends Max, Mark, or Ashley.

Yes well we are blessed here with nice weather.. Tomorrow for me is (hopefully) the 'drabbing'/greening... Photos to follow (hope you dont mind me hijacking your thread, or anyone else mind...)

I am at a loss to know what the block in the cab is for, but its been there for a while. I have taken them out and will make new ones... maybe someone will know..Tonyyyyyyy???

There is an aircraft company near me, they can laser cut anything.. makes plate cutting super easy... I just cannot afford to use them yet... but heck it is a fancy machine.. If you can think up a hundred things we all need in mlu I will go see what they charge...

Summer brings me out and I work most days 17-19 hours.. (8 hrs at work) so I am hoping to get my truck done by March..(Corowa)

We have not had a sunny day in weeks. For summer it is very mild..

Gee I want that restaurant though..... Some nice ladies in there .

Back to the F15A................
& a roof pic to enjoy....


Ian