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Old 24-11-17, 10:32
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Default HUM newly made Roof support profiles in place

It's been a while , since my last post ( could be a line from an AAA meeting)

And did some reorganizing, finally decided to move my HUM body from one place far from home to a new place 10min from home so that I have more time to work on it under supervision of a expert chassis builder.

Earlier I told you about bending the omega profiles for the roof supports.
In the meantime they have been assembled and now newly placed and they look absolute bang on
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Old 24-02-18, 16:30
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Default Seats C8A

Well guys almost a new project on the market, Im recovering from a car crash with a narrow escape.
Now bored at home with whiplash and terrible headackes..

So what to do to keep the project moving, well I decided to refurbish the seats
Nice little project no husle.
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Old 24-02-18, 21:24
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Hi Pieter

Best wishes for a quick recovery, events like that can really throw you for a loop.

Glad your able to some time working on the HUP.

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Old 16-04-18, 15:38
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Default Working on the hatch of the HUP , new manufacturing

Working on the hatch of the HUP , new manufacturing
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Old 16-04-18, 15:40
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more pics of the progress
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Old 16-04-18, 17:07
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The new hatch looks very nice, you will be very pleased with how well it will work.

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Old 16-04-18, 21:16
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The new hatch looks very nice, you will be very pleased with how well it will work.

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Old 17-04-18, 17:01
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Lovely work on the hatch, Peter!

Thanks for keeping the non-facebook users updated on your project, here on MLU.

And....that Hyundai doesn't look good....I hope you are recovering quickly! Take care.

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Old 17-04-18, 20:27
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Lovely work on the hatch, Peter!

Thanks for keeping the non-facebook users updated on your project, here on MLU.

And....that Hyundai doesn't look good....I hope you are recovering quickly! Take care.

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Thanks Alex,

Yes it was a close call, making small positiveand progressive steps in my recovery..the hobby helps

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Old 14-08-18, 22:59
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Default Body side panel fitted today

Hello all.

The painstaking slow body reconstruction of the HUM
made some good progress today.
I was finally able to fit one of the body panels.
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Old 15-08-18, 21:38
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Great work Pieter, it will be better than new when finished!

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Hello Pieter,

I hope that all is well, how is the HUP coming along, any progress?

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Old 09-01-20, 13:08
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Hello Pieter,

I hope that all is well, how is the HUP coming along, any progress?

Jon

Jon
Thank you for your message.
The HUP is coming on very slowly, Im now working on the body but the shed is too cold to work in.
Due to my accident earlier I lost the whole of 2018 and a great part of 2019 for physical recovery... the HUP was just getting too heavy for lifting parts etc .. and my neck and muscles couldn't handle it.
To not go nuts I spend time in assembly of a GPW , much lighter parts ..but it also helped as a sort of therapy..
The jeep is almost finished..deadline April this year..and then move on with the HUP..I think in 2020 we will place the body on the chassis..cross fingers

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Old 09-01-20, 21:26
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Pieter,

It's great to hear that you are ok, the HUP will get restored eventually, your health must come first.

Look after yourself,

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Old 11-11-20, 22:31
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Hi everybody,

Again it has been a while but step by step I'm getting there.

I moved the chassis out of storage and last few weeks we rundown all the items that needed to be fixed and all where dealt with.
The Chassis now has breaking power, emergency brake is working and we fitted the oilfilter to the engine brakes and made some oil lines.
The both drive shafts where redone , completely balanced and one got a new tube (super job).

Main progress on the body.
Side panels are added to the frame and we are now working on the roof and specially the hatch opening.

I managed to reproduce the hatch structure and we are now in the progress of adding the hatch frame to the roof.

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Old 11-11-20, 23:01
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Default Working on roof of HUP

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Old 12-11-20, 00:03
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Hi Pieter,

Great to see all the sheet metal work. Impressive project, hope to see it on the road sometime!
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Old 23-12-20, 10:43
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Default Final stage of mounting the roof

Yesterday we entered the final stage of mounting the roof of the C8a

The piece that we mounted is the rear of a C60 Cabin roof cut to fit the C8a
In width we didn't ajust anything it just fits like a glove.

The hardest part of the body is now over and we get into the nitty gritty of grinding and detail work.

All sheet metal is Zinc coated
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some progress pictures on the HUM body
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Installed the front hatch
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Old 13-09-21, 10:33
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Wink Body and frame mounted

This weekend was showtime we mounted the Body and Frame after years of seperation.
What seemed to be an easy fix turned out to be a little more tricky than we thought, the handbrake lever was in the way and so was the shifter lever.
We had to dismount the handbrake and tilt the body over the shifter lever..glad we had the right equipment.

The tow to the location of the body was also memorable

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Old 13-09-21, 10:36
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Some more on the mounting of the body

The grand old lady is now back in the Garage with only inches to spare

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Old 13-09-21, 14:59
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Congratulations Pieter for mounting the body. Now the fun part of restoration starts , going ahead and seeing the vehicle become whole and complete.

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Old 13-09-21, 16:04
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Please see the pictures of the hatch lever that is located outside the hatch and inside the slide rail (a simple U profile)
You can see that the ball part has extensive wear and is flat on one side.
All levers on the hatch I have are having this flat spot which indicates to me that these ball didn't roll but just slide .....is this correct or should they indeed roll which seems obvious to me ...did any of you ever made new levers ?? I'm wondering with what I should replace this ball, seems to me that it's hard to make or to obtain as a ready made part......any suggestions welcome
Congratulations on getting the body back on!! It's a big step and all 'uphill' from there.

Going back to the sliding roof hatch in this earlier post, this is where I am now, remaking the tubes and levers. You had asked whether the bronze ends should roll noting the flat worn side. I think they should roll but were probably very quick to rust solid being where they were. Did you ever sort out for sure if they were meant to roll? I can't get mine to move no matter what and will have to drill them out and replace the rivet/axle if so.
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Old 13-09-21, 16:45
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Hi Pieter, congrats on the important milestone of the "marriage" of body and chassis.

I love the fact that it was done on the side of the road - just like the RCEME would have done!
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Congratulations on getting the body back on!! It's a big step and all 'uphill' from there.

Going back to the sliding roof hatch in this earlier post, this is where I am now, remaking the tubes and levers. You had asked whether the bronze ends should roll noting the flat worn side. I think they should roll but were probably very quick to rust solid being where they were. Did you ever sort out for sure if they were meant to roll? I can't get mine to move no matter what and will have to drill them out and replace the rivet/axle if so.
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I have an early 1942 HUP that has the rollers with the flat spots. I think the original roller was bronze and quickly stops turning I had a good friend turn me up some brass rollers for replacements. The truck was finished about three years ago and is always in a dry well ventilated building. I just went and checked to see how free the rollers were and I think its a design flaw. There isn't much "leverage" on the roller to make it want to move and they will probably end up with flat spots any way

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I have an early 1942 HUP that has the rollers with the flat spots. I think the original roller was bronze and quickly stops turning I had a good friend turn me up some brass rollers for replacements. The truck was finished about three years ago and is always in a dry well ventilated building. I just went and checked to see how free the rollers were and I think its a design flaw. There isn't much "leverage" on the roller to make it want to move and they will probably end up with flat spots any way

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Thanks Gord. My 'new' uninstalled hatch has three of the four arms and bronze rollers (one had snapped off) and of course were round. The fourth one that I pinched from my original (and well used) HUW hatch had that characteristic flat spot. I think I will grind off the backs, punch out the axle pins and replace, perhaps leaving a little more clearance. Oh, and oiling them daily.
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Great Job Pieter! Thanks for sharing!
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How about using stainless steel for the pins so there is no question of corrosion. It might be possible to find stainless bolts with compatible dimensions.

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