Ford P/U - Project

[Alex van de Wetering]

Yes one and the same PU. Photo of it on the Bayeux Parade

Ian. Great memories....both the Port-en-Bessin and the Bayeux parades were a sight to see!

Alex

[Ron Pier]

Thanks again Alex. Like waiting for a bus. You wait an hour and three come along together. Cheers Ron

[James Y]

I was reading a old magazine and in the article there was a reference to the original color of the tilt, the truck was manufactured at the start of the war, in the article they said that the color of the tilt could/wouild not have been khaki but more sand in color. Is this accurate? And what would be the proper color. I found this CMP picture a while ago, is this color accurate?

Jim

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello James,

That picture comes from here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/softskin/15cwt.html. Reportedly, it is an original canvas cover but I cannot confirm the original colour. It could well be faded khaki/green, as I think it is too dark for sand. Canvas came in sand, khaki and brown, depending on the colour of the truck - see http://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/paint.html.

Pre- or early war vehicles seem to have (also) been fitted with sand coloured canvas, as demonstrated by the extremely comprehensively restored Morris-Commercial CS8 15-cwt truck from 1936/1936: http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a2712/91520. You could ask the owner, Rory Ballard, for more info.

In general, when war broke out, lots of effort was put in proper camouflage. So pre-war gloss painted vehicles with sand canvas were quickly painted in appropriate camouflage to blend in with the surroundings where the vehicles were used - see http://www.mafva.net/other%20pages/starmer%20camo.htm.

HTH,
Hanno

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[James Y]

Starting up this thread again. Making progress, also changing build direction. I have decided I will stray from the original WOC1 direction by keeping the full metal cab. Insperation is coming from the Dodge T212 that used a full cab but still the 8 cwt body.

[James Y]

Brought the truck in and started disassembly, removed the cab and front end, down to bare frame, replaced a couple of the cross members. A great thing about these 40 trucks is the amount of parts that are avaliable, virtually every part original or reproduction can still be had. Makes a restoration relatively straight forward.

Warning!! Purists look away!

I also want the truck to be easily driven on a daily basis, part of the appeal of these trucks is the Hot Rod community that is very inventive, I am putting a Borg and Warner 5 speed T5 transmission behind the flathead.

The HAMB forum, has a lot of information and really unique enginnnering solutions.

Link to https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...T5+TORQUE+TUBE

I wanted to keep the Banjo rear end and torque tube so I have been following the build out on the HAMB, hopefully the link works.

[Paul Singleton]

A friend of mine built a hot rod a couple of years ago and used a 1946 Ford rear axle with an automatic transmission. He bought a kit to convert the banjo rear axle to an open driveshaft. I think the kit came from Speedway Automotive. This may be an option for you also.