The Swiss Chris Ford F15

sth65pac · #1 02-02-09, 11:22

Cliff,

Dont you know????

Keith is building suspense for Year of the Blitz II I am sure that the F15 will feature in it..

If it doesn't I will want my money back

Not long to Corowa; Time is against me & my F15A, but I will be there. Unless someone has a float for free the old girl is staying home.

Chris: LEARN DOUBLE CLUTCHING NOW>>> so you don't end up with a set of spare teeth in the bottom of the box.

Ian

Keith Webb · #2 02-02-09, 11:38

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Keith is building suspense for Year of the Blitz II I am sure that the F15 will feature in it.. If it doesn't I will want my money back

Well, as you can imagine the business of restoration is dirty and all-consuming so all I have is a series of still images.

Here's one I took this evening after fitting the front shell - a fiddly procedure with the splash panels in the way of everything it seems.

Still a lot to do. Hopefully will fit the spare wheel carrier (Aust type) tomorrow. I'll put it on with the spare on the drivers side for Chris in European conditions, not that I expect him to use the spare. (Does anyone ever get a flat in Switzerland?)

zemsi · #3 02-02-09, 21:50

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Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Does anyone ever get a flat in Switzerland?

... hmm, never had a flat tyre in my family or friends. We have very clean roads with no stones etc

The only flat tyre I've had so far was in Invercargill NZ, when a stupid horned Kiwi tried his tyre stab abillities at my car before piercing all 4 tyres of his former girlfriends car. That was the only night I parked my car on a public road, next to my backpackers. Shit happens...

sth65pac · #4 03-02-09, 10:45

Great to see its more than a myth.. It is looking good;

Looks like all you have to do is the wiring, headlights, clearance lamps, rear lamps, indicators, fit some chairs, windscreens, knobs, dash, doors, tray, a coupla fuel tanks, brush guard, canvas top, new tyres, tac plate, bridge plate, number plate, only 41 days to Corowa....give or take a few.

She's getting there though. I am very pleased for you.

Chris, practice that double clutching...

Ian

Keith Webb · #5 03-02-09, 11:35

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Originally Posted by sth65pac

Great to see its more than a myth.. It is looking good;

Looks like all you have to do is the wiring, headlights, clearance lamps, rear lamps, indicators, fit some chairs, windscreens, knobs, dash, doors, tray, a coupla fuel tanks, brush guard, canvas top, new tyres, tac plate, bridge plate, number plate, only 41 days to Corowa....give or take a few.

She's getting there though. I am very pleased for you.

Chris, practice that double clutching...

Ian

Yes, that's most of it - also the rear body is being welded to repair some rust before painting and fitting.

Today doing some fiddly stuff like installing the drivers toeplate and throttle linkages which seem to fit really well.

zemsi · #6 03-02-09, 12:58

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Originally Posted by sth65pac

Chris, practice that double clutching...

... hmm, well, unfortunately I can only practice double clutching in Aussie. All European cars have nowadays a synchronised gearbox (or how you call it)

I can do the double clutching exept changing gears downwards from Gear 3 to Gear 2. That's the most tricky one for me. When I drove Max's Ute from Yass to Corowa and back I could nearly do the double clutching.

However, with Keith's new gearbox I should change gears like a little goodess

hi, hi, hi

Keith Webb · #7 03-02-09, 19:12

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Originally Posted by zemsi

I can do the double clutching exept changing gears downwards from Gear 3 to Gear 2. That's the most tricky one for me. When I drove Max's Ute from Yass to Corowa and back I could nearly do the double clutching.

However, with Keith's new gearbox I should change gears like a little goodess

hi, hi, hi

Just as well the gears stand up to a lot of polishing!

The trick is to let the truck slow to the right speed because of the large gap between third and second gear, and also be relaxed about it. If you're stressed it's much harder.

cletrac (RIP) · #8 03-02-09, 19:34

I've always found that shifting gears without using the clutch works best on non-synchro trannies. It's mainly a matter of matching the engine rpm to the tranny rpms.