the C8 I am working on

[Gordon Yeo]

Alex van de Wetering asked me to post some pictures of the C8 I am working on. Here are some pictures of a C8 cab and chassis that come from the next county north of here. It has sat for may years and the interior was badly corroded. The exterior sheet metal was in remarkably good condition. It obviously had never been abused, just left to rot.

[Gordon Yeo]

On a trip to Manitoba I committed to mortal sin of removing a military vehicle without permission. It had sat on a truck bed for some number of years and was for sale. It had been used as a donor vehicle for another restoration and most of the front metal work was gone. The interior was complete and in very, very good condition. With both cabs stripped down and the best parts from them I had a compete interior and exterior. Thank heaven for the dry weather of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the dot and dash floor had very little corrosion.

[Gordon Yeo]

I have been working at the truck since last winter and have made good progress. Things have slowed down while fall work gets done. Hope to have it running under its own power before Christmas. I do not have a cargo box and that will have to wait till next year.
I managed to get 6 thirteen inch wheels and got five serviceable rims from them. Fortunately the hub extenders were still on the axles and that was a huge relief. The tires are the Trellebourg machinery tires and wont pass an Ontario safety check. That's a bridge to cross another day.

[Jordan Baker]

Great job Gord. Ive always loved the C8/F8 trucks. Sadly I dont fit very well in the drivers seat.

[rob love]

Are the trellburg tires available in Canada? We are in need of some for the museum.

Great job. It is nice to see some Manitoban cultural property being taken care of.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Gord,

Excellent work; that's a lovely truck you have there. The panels do look good indeed! I can't wait till I have the nose panels fitted on my C8....than it finally starts to look as a truck again.

One thing that caught my eye in your pictures are the rims; could it be that you have fitted them the wrong way round? I think the welded stud end should be on the outside and the nut on the inside.

Did you get tubes from Trelleborg as well? I still have to get some tubes for my Alliance tyres, they are available on Ebay, but noticed the choice of valves and valve angle seems limited.

regards,

Alex