1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Bob Carriere]

"With all the paint done and a little help , the wireless equipment should go in during the week between Christmas and New Year's. God willing, winter not setting in to harshly and if my wife letting me spend more time on the project."

...... I will bet you plan on sleeping in it for Xmas Eve.

Nice job Robert.

All the Best to you and your Family for Christmas....Joyeux Noel!!!!!

.............. and may the New Year smile on you with a Gun Tractor!!!!

Cheers

[Robert Bergeron]

Many thanks Bob.

A Merry Xmas to you , your family and the bunch of OD addicts at the Barn.

Anyhow, sweet dreams. BTW, i am not sleeping in the Wire 5 box during the holidays.

[Robert Bergeron]

Friends,

Could not wait any longer.

I temporarely installed a Wireless set No

19 on the temporary table in the box.

Looks very cool in my humble opinion.



Cheers.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Robert: No 19 set looks sort of familiar.

Re: the headset on the right hand side...isn't it covering up the canvas tube from box to cab?...or is there one?

No C5 panel "temporarily" installed?

Great job so far, brings back memories.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks for your kind comments Jon.

First of all i would like to thank you for helping me outfit the interior of the box with all the needed Wireless No 19 equipment.

You are right the canvas tube will be going in later in the spring.

No i haven't installed the C5 charging panel yet because of the above discussion with our friend David , the role of said panel being determined as an out of the box use for ground operations only.

I will keep you posted.

Cheers.

[David Dunlop]

Once the completed WIRE-5 Wireless Truck was delivered from Wilson Truck Bodys and Chevrolet to the Canadian Army, the next step would have been installation of whatever generator combination the military had in mind for any given truck. The generator tool boxes would very likely have been stored on the top shelf of the Generator Box.

The next step would have been the installation of the 19-Set equipment. The attached photo and list of parts for this installation is from the Working Instructions for the Mk III Canadian 19-Set. It should be noted this is a comprehensive kit of accessories. Not all of the pieces are going to be used all of the time. What the pieces do is allow maximum flexibility in the operation of the Wireless Set No.19.

(1) It can be installed in the vehicle and operated 'on the fly' by simple use of the two whip aerials installed on the roof of the Wireless Box.

(2) It can be installed in the vehicle and operated at a fixed location for an extended period of time, over greater distances, by means of setting up the horizontal aerial system (and several options for doing this are possible).

(3) The Wireless Truck can transport the 19-Set System to a location where it can be dismounted from the Wireless Truck and humped in by hand by the Signals Crew to a remote location, for operation, with or without connection to the Wireless Remote Control Units system or alternate land lines.

A pretty impressive system in it's day, but clearly packing an impressive amount of excess weight by today's standards.

David

[super dave]

This is the Body Tag from the unit I took the pictures from.