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28-10-10, 02:34
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A little off topic here...
I flew up to Churchill Manitoba for a day trip with my first cousin Captain, who is flying tourists into Churchill for the polar bear season. I sat in the jump seat up front and watched a couple of professional 25000 hr pilots bring in a prop job in low pressure 29.55, winds 35 gusting to 50 kts, rain, visibility 2 miles,base clouds 900 ft... Very cool. Went for a quick dirve to see the Black Brant rocket site, the remains of the Dew Line site, saw 2 polar bears being airlifted out of bear jail, and bumped into two more just a couple miles out of town. These bears are the size of small elephants! People carry high powered rifles here. Bad pics, Cheers Rob
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1 Last edited by Rob Fast; 28-10-10 at 02:40. Reason: spelling 
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14-11-10, 19:27
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Spare tire back left wireless box question?
How did the spare mount onto the back left lidded box. I see 3 holes in the side. There is a slight indent on the floor of my box in this location. Looking for all kind of detail on the guts of this box/19 set trays,chorehore table and outside shelf, battery locations etc...Cheers Rob
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1
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14-12-10, 01:10
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A little progress by the seat of our pants!!!
Taking a close look at existing welds and a really faint pic in the Profiles/Gregg book of this wireless box, we are kinda stumbling here. See pics of some back box work, orginal bows, and side curtain Cab 11/12.. Any drawings out there??? Cheers Rob
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1
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14-12-10, 02:24
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I think what you are looking for is in the bodies manual which gives quite a good bit of detail on the Wireless body and bows and canvas and box..Grant Bowker has it for sale as a repo reprint..Here is the item. #2: 150 pages Bodies Part List Illustrated, for CMP vehicles, G.S. (Wood and Steel), F.A.T. W-35 Wrecker, Water Tanker, Etc., 34 plates, issued by Dept. of Munitions & Supply, Canada. Oct. '41.
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14-12-10, 05:46
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That manual has the 1A1 and not the 1B1 like Rob needs. The only pics I have I posted on my 8 cwt pics thread. The one of my uncle is the only period pic of a 1B1 with the canvas in place that I've come across.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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14-12-10, 13:36
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Thanks for your replies guys...
at this point I am willing to buy any manual that can help me with moving on with the restoration of the back of the 1B1 Wireless box. Off to the shop to fine tune fitting the side curtains. Cheers Rob
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1
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03-01-11, 01:10
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Back box 1B1 fly by the seat of your pants update.
Bows and spare tire are in. See top of back 2 bows"highlighted" left side, where there are mounting holes for a panel/clip rack for the telescopic 20/32' 19 set antennae??? They look like rifle clips on the vague Gregg Profiles drawing of the 1B1, so this is a stab in the dark. We had an original slider for the cabinet doors on the back right, so we bent up the cabinet to fit. I know we didn't get the spade/pic mounting back left right , but it will suffice for now until a proper drawing comes around. The back folding shelf for the exterior mounting of the chorehorse could be a challenge. Tommorrow honing new Kingpin set into place. Cheers for now, looking forward to getting dirty all over again with the FAT. Cheers Rob
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1
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