2008 at the Hammond Barn

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

No I am not pregnant even though Rob looks like he has been told he was the father......... I am fat....plus padded for Winter and have a black camera bag on my stomach.......

Nothing special with the Hat....... just trying to funnel my thoughts about CMP shift levers...... my hands were full so I used the old noggin'.... been shopping at Princess Auto Again.........ssshhhhhh Joyce may be listening.

For a person my age I sure get no respect.......

Boob
Ps.... nice job on the forum Jiff

BooBee..
I respect a person of OUR age...
And I certainly like your new drinkin' hat..
Where can I get one..?

[Bob Carriere]

After funnelling all my options for the crop of levers that decorates the floor of my cab 11 I came to the obvious conclusion that I should stick with the original design.... or at least as close as possible.

My original cab 11 floor had both the front axle lever and a separate lever for the E brake of the winch..... however..... the E brake lever had been installed in what area was left free on the floor plate.... or about 4 inches left of where it was supposed to be.... creating a nightmare for clearances of link rods under the floor and handles in the cab. You see the previous owner when he installed the 2 speed T case elected to retain the front axle lever which is not used on a two speed set up......

Look at the old floor lay out then compare to the new one. We opted to replce the original cab 11 floor with a spare better cab 12 floor . So the new floor was cut to accommodate the special 2 speed shift tower..... and left the front axle shifter in the original place..... now we can't properly install the E brake lever unless we remove the front axle lever..... weld a patch carefully to match the dots and dash of the plate and cut a new hole for the linkage rod that goes through the floor to the bell crank below....

It will take a few separate posting to get all the pictures on the forum.

I hope the information may be useful for current and future restorations.

....and a BIG thank you to Phil Watrman who supplied me witih factual information by means of a drawing/template showing where things were supposed to be on an original C60 cab 11 with winch.

Enjoy the pictures.

Boob

The first picture shows the lever on the old floor plate.... to th eleft of the battery cable circular hole..... it should be the right of that hole...

[Bob Carriere]

....being too lazy to tackle the tires Grant and I decided to do some dental work on the floor plate of the truck.

First thing was to extract the suitable blank for the patch. Of course the donor plate is resting on the isde of the barn somewhere under 5 feet of hard packed snow that slid off the roof in the past month. So I opted for a good corner section of my old cab 11 plate...... after carefully selecting an area that would match the dots & dashes of the floor to be patched.

Here is the donor plate hanging rom the ceiling after some quick plasma cutting.

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

Looks more like Rob is ready to take a piece out of poor ol' Booby with that thingamajiggy in his hand! And Booby... looks... pregnant? Say it ain't so, Bob!

My gawd, is this a lovers' quarrel in Hammond??!! Shades of Shakespeare!

(Boob, get the abortion... you're much too old to have kids!)

If by "lover" you mean lover of CMP's, then you are correct. We have our quarrels at the barn, mostly over methodologies, but nothing of substance. Bob, Grant and I all realize that we come to the barn to have fun - to get away from the "grind" of everyday life. Working in a CMP rich environment has its benefits. Working with Bob adds an element of humour and intrigue as attested by our many posted photos.

So, distress not, Geoff. All is well at the barn. "G-Day-9"