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07-03-12, 10:50
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Getting there
Rained off & on again today, so STILL no top coat painting.
Dash switches.jpg I finished installing and checking the switches on dash. SMLE.jpg Rifle & Clip.jpg Reworked the rifle clips. Now they are straight again. Also found a suitable size 'felt' to line the inside of the clip, so the rifle doesn't get damaged. I restored this No. 1 SMLE some years ago (Deac.) and don't fancy it getting scratched by the strong metal clip, thank you very much. The felt is actually one half of a set of velcro! I will trim it so it can't be easily seen. Captain dodgy.jpg The windscreen main frame is now fully repaired. The rust hole repair was not pretty welding, but it's functional. I had to repair: 1x rust through, replace 1x windscreen slide thread, weld up 4x windscreen hinge holes (threads too loose), drill & re-tap 4x windscreen hinge holes, weld 1x windscreen slide thread (someone had cut 3/4 way through it!), Grind & body fill corrosion pitting along most of inside upper edge. rear panel.jpg Gave the rear cab panel a second sanding, to rectify an area I wasn't happy with. I had applied further blade putty yesterday afternoon.
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07-03-12, 11:06
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Behind-dash electrics
elec1.jpg elec2.jpg elec3.jpg
If weather is STILL bad tomorrow, I plan to continue with the under-dash electrical stuff. As you can see, the backing board is fully stuffed! I'm thinking of Masonite for a replacement. Anybody done this in the past? New resistor coming from Victoria, plus a 'spare' for the travel fault kit. elec4.jpg I bought 3 new rubber grommits for the voltage regulator while I was in town this afternoon. They are not original specs but will do OK. I have noticed my other regulator (not yet rcleaned up) has a lot more writing on the cover. I believe both are Ford, but the other one matches one seen in a photo Keith sent me recently. Might have a closer look at that tomorrow morning.
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07-03-12, 11:23
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Keith, oh oricle of all knwoledge
Keith,
C29Q-14425.jpg Is this for CMP? I can't find it in my F60 or F15 parts books. It's obviously Ford, but which ford? 
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07-03-12, 19:29
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The Oracle speaks
It may not be in the F15 or F60S books but it is in the Field Artillery Tractor book (FGT-01) and is the wiring connecting the tail lights (from one side to the other) and according to the description for the new type cab, i.e. the cab 13 gun tractors. Given I have a Ford No9 FGT I'd be interested in it, although it may be for the Canadian beetle back version, it looks as though it may be about right to go up to the tail lights mounted on the roof.
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern
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07-03-12, 22:53
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Keith
Thanks for that. I knew you would find out what it's from.
I'll let the guy know and see what he's gonna do with it. Will get back to you soon, if he is selling. T.
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08-03-12, 10:27
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Finally, some painting!
At last. The parts are painted. Been waiting for nearly a week.
Rear Cab Panel.jpg Rear Cab Panel - inside.jpg Windscreen frame support.jpg I can't attach the rear panel yet, because I am still waiting for the floor panel bolts. I want them all on first. I won't attach the windscreen support frame properly yet either, until the doors are finished. Dash finished.jpg When all the spraying was done, I brush painted all the new bolts that are on the cab frame and dashboard. There will be heaps more in near future, but todays left over paint will be a hard, gelatinous mass by the time those floor bolts come, I fear.  Rifle Clips.jpg I have the rifle clips inside, and will be applying the felt to inner edges once I have sent this.
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08-03-12, 10:57
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Coming along fantasticly Tony. Well done!
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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08-03-12, 11:18
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Misc. stuff
Rifle clip felt 1.jpg Rifle clip felt 2.jpg
Rifle clips finished. PB210024.JPG PB210025.JPG PB210026.JPG Remember these ratty old side curtains? A local upholsterer will be making a new set for me. I give him the go ahead tomorrow and choose the desired color. Will be taking close-up photos & measurements of the original D^D printing, to reproduce this on the new ones. In the morning, I will be flipping a coin to see if I start on the windscreens or doors next. Either one will go onto the cab when finished, so i'm not really fussed which one I do first. The 'night-time' job will be the Pyrene fire extinguisher. It is of brass construction, but really badly tarnished. I took to the holder bracket this afternoon with paint stripper. Tomorrow, it gets a coat of etch-primer and hopefully top coat. I'll let you know tomorrow night, which job will be started next. 
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Ford CMP, 115" WB,1942 (Under Restoration...still) Medium sized, half fake, artillery piece project. (The 1/4 Pounder) Last edited by Private_collector; 09-03-12 at 10:15.
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