2010 at the Hammond Barn

[Young_Law]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Clive Law and Don Dingwall stopped by to pick up Law the Younger's Iltis.

Thieves!

Bob, you may want to add security to the property. These hooligans are not be taken lightly.

[RHClarke]

Both Bob and I intend to have our CMPs running for the BBQ. To that end, we had our carbs sent out for rebuilding, coating and flow testing. The new carbs have arrived and by all reports, they look fantastic. We will see if they work as good as they look.

I have been working on various HUP bits and pieces including the small front fenders, the small floor plate (which grants access to the starter/brake master cylinder) and the crank centering/support mount on the front bumper.

My HUP fenders were a mangled mess that I had bent back into reasonable shape. The major challenge was to replicate the curve on the outside of the fenders. After hammering the hell out of the metal and making more of a mess, Bob suggested that I take some other CMP fenders and cut the rounded parts off and weld them to the plates for the HUP fenders.

A spare set of fenders were pulled out of the shed and we discovered that the outside or exposed dimensions of the fenders were the same. The bolt patterns were off by about two inches, but holes can be easily filled and new holes drilled. A quick side by side comparison showed that the larger donor fenders could be cut down to "HUP size".

The donor fenders were marked and then cut to size. The holes were filled with weld and ground down. New holes have been marked and will be drilled later this week. Photos of the end product will be posted later.

The floor plate for the HUP is similar to a "normal" CMP but is about one inch narrower. I cut down my "normal" plate to fit the HUP. As luck would have it, the holes match the large floor plate, so no drilling was required. I had to remove the flanges (which set the doghouse into place), cut them down to size and re-weld them to the small plate.

The crank support was rather easy to fab up. Flat steel stock cut down to the requisite dimensions, drilled and filed accordingly. It took about an hour to make it. It was then attached to the bumper by bolts that had their heads ground down to resemble rivets.

A few more steps forward!

[Don Dingwall]

Young Law:

Thanks for the new community Iltis. It'll be well used till you get back.
Got your trailer at my place too.

Rob:
We did indeed make it back---all the way out to West Carleton. Aside from losing the speedo around Hunt Club and Bank (we don't need no stinkin speedos...) it was a trouble free drive---except for the idiot behind me (Old Law) who nearly ran into the back of said Iltis when monetarily distracted by a live human female (something he's obviously not used to...)

Stu:
You're spot on. Figured out the whole choke throttle business by the time I got to the gas station in Cheney.

And thanks to Gilles (http://www.militarytrucks.ca) I have all the manuals I need during the reconditioning process that has already started with a new windshield.

Neat little rig that Iltis. I might just keep this one for myself!

Cheers
Don

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Don

Will you be coming to the BBQ...?....Matt?? and will the Iltis be there to join the other Iltissisisis...?

I understand you were sniffing around the 56 C4 PW...?

Boob

[Young_Law]

Don, you can keep the family M38 in lieu of the Iltis. Consider it a gift of thak you for working on my toy!

[Don Dingwall]

Rich:
I'll wait till your old man gets the engine rebuilt, then I'll take possession of the 38!

Bob:
I suspect I'll be at the BBQ at some point Friday or Saturday-we're hosting a baby shower Saturday here at home, so I'll have to do some juggling.

Clive wants to have the Iltis for the BBQ but we need a right front brake line first.

Cheers
Don

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Young_Law

Don, you can keep the family M38 in lieu of the Iltis. Consider it a gift of thak you for working on my toy!

This is why your sister is my favourite!

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Don

You mean to tell me they have brakes on Iltis...? didn't htinkl they could hit anything hard enough to do damage.

Hope to see you Saturday for the steak diner at least....

Bob

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Don Dingwall

Young Law:

Thanks for the new community Iltis. It'll be well used till you get back.
Got your trailer at my place too.

Rob:
We did indeed make it back---all the way out to West Carleton. Aside from losing the speedo around Hunt Club and Bank (we don't need no stinkin speedos...) it was a trouble free drive---except for the idiot behind me (Old Law) who nearly ran into the back of said Iltis when monetarily distracted by a live human female (something he's obviously not used to...)

Stu:
You're spot on. Figured out the whole choke throttle business by the time I got to the gas station in Cheney.

And thanks to Gilles (http://www.militarytrucks.ca) I have all the manuals I need during the reconditioning process that has already started with a new windshield.

Neat little rig that Iltis. I might just keep this one for myself!

Cheers
Don

Don:
Let me know if you will end up needing a new/used speedometer. I have some at my usual rates. Wise move on the windshield. The lower sections of the windshields are known to rot out. Depending how much restoration you do, I have NOS Iltis wiper arms, wiper connector rod, wiper motors, windshield rear view mirrors. I just replaced those on mine and it really improved the look.

I did a modification on the wiper arms by cutting off amout 3/4 inch off the end, filling off some from the sides and riviting on a plastic fitting from Canadian Tire. It will now accept a standard 10 inch Canadian Tire wiper blade. The original Iltis wiper blades are very expensive and tend to fall apart quickly...........

It also may be a good time for the Laws to stock up on brake parts. I have front and rear brake cylinders, brass adjusters, and other brake parts. Is the front brake line the metal brake line? Those are easy to make up. If it is the Iltis rubber brake hose, I have a few of those as well.

Cheers!
Stuart

[Don Dingwall]

Stu:

I was about to ask if you had the metal part of the line or made them up. Tiny little things compared to a CMP !

The leak is a pinhole at the center of the outer radius of the 90 degree bend. Top half is rusting out anyway.

Thanks
Don

[Bob Carriere]

Brake lines on the CMP I have worked on are small 1/4 inch...... is the Iltiss even smaller...... and probably metric.....

Boob

[Bob Carriere]

Thanks to networking and two generous MLU members, we were told were we could recover the first ever cab 11 that we actually drove on and off the trailer.

It was used as a tow device for taking boats out of the water at a marina.

Motor has been replaced with a modern 235 that really runs well. Extra steel in front is all bolted and easily removed..... bumper brackets still there.

When loading the 92 year old owner asked if we might be interested in an old trailer/truck frame but that had wheels like the truck. Off we went to the back and discovered under rotting timber/plywood the siad wheels...dig dig... hey this thing has a full solid steel CMP trailer axle..... well we could cut the U bolts.... it had no springs.... owner says if youtake the axle you have to take the whole thing...dig dig.... more lumber flying.... geez it a whole CMP trailer frame... with parts we can use.... awright get the backhoe and lets drag it out to the trailer..... well the 20 foot trailer was too short,,, so we listed the cab 11 rear axle and insert the front of the trailer frame that had no axle. Done deal.......
rap we discovered a flat tire on the float... on a new tire I installed the night before.... while Grant is changing the tire the owner said that I might as well take the spare tire from the barn....dig dig .. in a corner are two CMP rims on with a brand new tire (circa 1995) that still had the shop sticker....GoodYear Suburbanite 9x16 Snow Mud grip.

So on top of that the camera had two dead batteries... that is why the attached photos are from the driveway at home.

WE unloaded in reverse order..... lifting the cab 11 rear axle while Grant pulled the frame from underneath with his Ford... I believe that Rob got pictures of me driving off the trailer.

Power train is in excellent shape..... two serviceable fuel tank... dot and dash original floor plate frame very straight but missing the towing hitch and last 8 inches of frame.... very fixable. From the front shocks..rear shock linkages,,, no fuel filter or hole in the frame style of gas tanks...it is probably a very early cab 11 but has the front vents....

Kept the bast for last..... it was free.....

Boob

....we will be running it at the BBQ