2008 at the Hammond Barn

[Dale Law]

Hello Everyone,

My original 41 F15A Cab 12 has the dash-dot plate. I would suspect one company made it and was used by the other whether it be Ford or GM.

Regards,
Dale

[cliff]

The diamond pattern as shown was used on Australian built Fords.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by cliff

The diamond pattern as shown was used on Australian built Fords.

Cliff is spot on. I think it's called railway plate.

Of course this applies to Australian cab 13 Fords as we fully imported cab 12s. The Chev cab 13s built here by Holden had smooth thin floors.

As for the wooden blocks you'll find they are spaced to fit the side curtain lugs.

[Bob Carriere]

...........As for the wooden blocks you'll find they are spaced to fit the side curtain lugs.

That makes a lot of sense..... although I do not ever recall having seen them in Canadian CMP trucks.......

Boob

PS...... Ian you are not hijacking anything....please feel free to post any and all....

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob and Ian

Ian you mentioned "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... " as a way of cutting the floor plate as alternative to that or to acetylene torch cutting I used a small plasma cutter to cut all my floor plates and found it to be a very use-able tool.

See http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...MetalWork.html about half way down the page. I even cut 10 inch section out of the drop side body that I fitted to my Pattern 12. In the pictures below you can see a bit of that process. You'll note in some of the pictures that there is a added fan and even a cover over the Plasma unit to extend its duty cycle by adding more cooling.

[colin jones]

Hi Phil, better let you know that someones got there foot on the brake pedal in pic 2. Don't want you flatten your battery
Colin.

[RHClarke]

At the barn this morning, it was minus 5oC with a stiff wind. We got some very fluffy snow for a while until it warmed up. The sun actually made an appearance until noon when it clouded over.

The weather has changed, but the barn is as busy as ever. Grant worked on his engine, Bob was collecting waste oil for Lucifer, Guy dropped in for a chat, and I played with the HUP. We all took a break to restock the inside firewood crib next to Lucifer, and then got back to the business at hand.

I spent most of the morning working on the floor plates. I reattached the floor mounted handle (commonly referred to as the "Oh, J**** C***** bar"):







Bob was press ganged into doing some welding for me - we attached a fabbed up replacement clip on the floor plate (attachment point for one of the dog house hold down clips). No photos were taken (memory, the second thing to go...).

After a very expensive lunch at Mike's Place in Hammond, we got back at the fun and games. Bob and Grant spent some quality time adjusing the settings on Grant's engine head. I'm not sure what Bob is doing to that engine, but it seemed to help...



I ended the day trying to fit the fenders to the rear of the HUP and with a little help from my friends, finally figured out which fender went on the correct side...not as easy and one would think. We test fit the first fender, and Bob, ever the observant one, opined that maybe the frame had arched up causing it not to fit. Grant spotted the problem - the inside frame to which the fender attaches was warped. A few swings of a hammer later, on she went.



Here's what the fender looked like (from the rear - the front of the fender was racked and bent as well) when I bought the HUP:



Next week, I'll pull the fender off, install fender welt and some spray on undercoating. With the sun slowly setting, I made my way back to the home of the Three Stooges and the Grinch who stole Parliament from them...

[sth65pac]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

See http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...MetalWork.html about half way down the page. I even cut 10 inch section out of the drop side body that I fitted to my Pattern 12. In the pictures below you can see a bit of that process. You'll note in some of the pictures that there is a added fan and even a cover over the Plasma unit to extend its duty cycle by adding more cooling.

Phil,
You're welcome to drop your plasma cutter at my place (just the little prob of weight & distance...)

I can make....late model lifting rings, hatch catch profiles, toolbox brackets, pioneer tool holders ... now back to the anvil, fire and hammers...

And the 'greening' has begun... Unlike you poor blokes.. Summer is here & painting is a breeze. I did my St*FF SH*T handle about 12 weeks ago.. I will get to enjoy the 'joys' of engine rebuilding shortly..

[Bob Carriere]

...... we discovered that if you blow across the water jacket opening while adjusting the valves ..... you can hear the air whistling out of the sparkplug holes..... the whistling stops your valve are adjusted dead on......

Grant and I intend to write a book on this latest technique!!!!


....and Phil...... how did you bend that pushrod......?

Boob