1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks David, thanks Barry.

Barry , how are you doing ? New knee or something ?

[Robert Bergeron]

Friends,

I was away for work for a while.

I worked lately on some of the finer details of the restoration.

Here you have the canvas tunnel allowing the radio operator to talk to the driver up front from inside the box when traveling.

[Robert Bergeron]

Map table fabricated and installed on the rear left side of the box.

[Robert Bergeron]

Recently i got to work in the modern equivalent of my Wire -5 truck.

It is about the same size but the technology is slightly different from the 19 sets.

There are a lot more antennae, computers, wires , dishes and coffee cup holders ...

[Robert Bergeron]

Coming back to this part.

Does anyone know if there was a door to close off this tunnel inside the cab ?

There is a door inside the box the the radio operatore could slide shut.

I have not seen trace of such a device in the front cab.

[David Dunlop]

No cab door at all.


David

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks for the reply David.

Here is were i store the top part of the penthouse tent for the left side of the box. It stands above were the map table would go . I rolled it up and strapped it to the hooks alongside the edge of the roof.

I stored the poles inside the canvas and rolled everything up . You can see a bit of the tent poles sticking out from the end.

That way the commander or whomever is in charge can peruse the maps out of the elements like rain and sun and call in fire missions or orders and send messages through the cypher and radio/ field phone operators inside the box .

Tomorrow i will post pictures of the lighting and electrical i am working on inside the box .