cab 11 C8 pics

[Nick Bullock]

Hello mike et al

suprised to hear you say that your c8 is slow... mine is certainly no slow and copes very well with traffic.. pity you can't see very much! I am constant suprised by just how noisy it is in the cab, because standing and listening to it going down the road it is almost silent!! The bigest improvement as you say has to be a decent set of modern tyres... I have just fitted a set of 12 ply and the truck is transformed. Still not the driving dream of a C8A, but no where near as heavy as it was to drive (steering) on the old 6 plys and tyres....

I do have something of a dilema though, my c8 is starting to look a little scruffy, though previous owners have tarted it up a bit, its never actually been restored... so hpw for do you go? I would like to have it end up looking like yours but may just destroy some of its hostory in the process.... It still has (what looks like) the original engine.. cetainly the truck has never been apart and has no rebuild tags.... and the original serial numbers can be seen under the paintwork..... but I suppose I will have to decide soon!!!!

In the mean time... how do you get a timing light onto it?

kind regards

Nick