How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Alex van de Wetering]

It's those small details that make your project stand out. Great to see the business end of the truck coming back to life.

Alex

[Jordan Baker]

Lots of progress today. I picked up the sheet metal from the shop today. They did all the heavy bending for me since I’m limited by the size of my break. I had made the end panels last week already. So today’s task was to do a fitting and then welding everything up. It’s looking more and more like the wartime photos.

[Jordan Baker]

Lastly I got the radio battery trays installed. They are removable just like the radio table.

[David Dunlop]

Nice bit of progress there, Jordan! Has your lovely Wife been singing Vera Lynn songs to you in the background while you work?

David

[Jordan Baker]

Haha David, I just told her that and she started to sing We”ll meet again..don’t know when...don’t know how....”. Yes I’m a lucky guy. She’s a keeper.

Anyway back to the truck. It was another productive day. The doors were finished for the two smaller forward bins. Hinges and the lock tabs were welded on.

[Jordan Baker]

I also started in on making the second POL container. The shop did a great job of bending up all the 1/8” plate for me. I basically just dressed the very sharp sheared edges and welded it up to match where the original welds were found. One interesting point was when I used a block of wood to clamp one of angles in place. All went well and the angle was welded in place. It was then that I realized there was no way to get the block out. After a few minutes of head scratching I remembered my chisel. It was all split up in no time.

[Jordan Baker]

Picked up more steel today and was able to get a few more bits closer to being finished.