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Old 19-11-17, 21:40
Bruce Parker (RIP) Bruce Parker (RIP) is offline
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Default 1944 Chev HUW restoration

After a long sit, I'm finally getting on with my HUW project. I spent the last few months fabricating the interior bins, wireless table, seat bases, etc. and put them in for a test fit. Not much to look at now but it feels good to see it all together for the first time. What is becoming clear is just how cramped it is in the back of one of these.

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Old 26-11-17, 02:18
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Bruce,

Great looking restoration. Looking forward to your updates.

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Old 06-12-17, 02:52
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This is what I started with many years ago.

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Old 06-12-17, 12:53
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Very nice to see projects come back to life and look forward to updates (and heaps of pics).
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Old 06-12-17, 16:50
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Bruce is this the one we helped you lift the body off in Napanee many moons ago?
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Old 06-12-17, 23:42
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Bruce is this the one we helped you lift the body off in Napanee many moons ago?
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That's the one. It would be much father along if the Fox hadn't gotten in the way. Pre-Fox I had completed the chassis and assembled most of the missing parts but then it went into hibernation.
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Old 04-07-21, 04:45
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Found these on my phone, They rightly should be inserted several posts ago. Anyway, the old beast seen sporting it's green paint for the last time, getting blasted and the result waiting for me to drag home.
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Old 21-10-20, 01:29
Bruce Parker (RIP) Bruce Parker (RIP) is offline
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Default HUW Progress at last!!!

I got the HUW back from the sandblaster today....couldn't be happier. Here's as recovered, stripped, and now sandblasted.

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Old 21-10-20, 04:23
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Nice looking truck there Bruce !
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Old 21-10-20, 07:42
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Good to see another C8A being restored

Do you remember your HUW was one of the first CMPs Geoff wrote a restoration log about?

See http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/.../restore3.html
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Old 22-10-20, 02:36
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Default HUW Progress at last!!!

Bruce. Glad to hear that things are moving along. Still hoping to come out and have a personal look before winter is here.
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Old 22-10-20, 03:28
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Good to see another C8A being restored

Do you remember your HUW was one of the first CMPs Geoff wrote a restoration log about?

See http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/.../restore3.html
This poor truck got pushed to the back of the garage more than once (for the Fox and two Victorian era house renovations). The upside is that over those years I've been able to find almost all of the missing bits and have managed to get good information to be able to rebuild the correct interior. It's been kept warm and dry waiting for this day.
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Old 27-10-20, 02:38
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It is great to see this truck finally under restoration. Here are a couple of rather poor pictures of the truck when it was recovered from a Jasper area wrecking yard in the late 1970s or early 80s. Note the I beam on the roof.

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Old 18-07-21, 04:18
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Many years ago some CMP gave up its cab roof hatch and it found its way to me. While that is a sad story, the CMP's hatch will live on and did reveal many secrets as to it's construction and installation which I have duly recorded.

RIP old unlamented CMP.
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