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Caterpillar D6A
At the invitation of its new owner, I went to look at a D6A today:
IMG_8182.jpgIMG_8184.jpg This arrived last Monday from the UK, where it had sat outside, apparently in the woods, for a good amount of time. It still has fairly substantial pieces of the original armour plate (22 mm thick, incidentally — I don’t think I’ve read the actual thickness anywhere) as well as the fuel and hydraulics tanks, seat, instrument panel etc. of the armoured version rather than the normal, unarmoured D6. The tracks are also the original military ones, which apparently differ from the civilian type in both width (50 cm vs. 44, IIRC) and material (high-nickel steel vs. lower-quality). The remains of original military paint are still there too, under the yellow. The ID plate is still legible: IMG_8178.jpg Chassis number 1T3045. And it came with these bits too: IMG_8200.jpgIMG_8165.jpg The original winch and dozer blade, though the latter appears to have been modified to be a snow plough and the arm is incomplete, partially rusted through and with bits sheared off. But it should be repairable, by the looks of it. Last edited by Jakko Westerbeke; 06-11-21 at 21:02. |
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D6a
Wow, what a find! Is this part of the Cat stable of Willem de Braal?
PS: for good measure I attached a picture of D6A - 1T3037 35839-1136 LCT = Det 59 M E Sec - Dozer Exxx221- (censored) 'WINNIE FAY.'- p012929 as identified by Michel Saberly: 22223534799_5addae02d3_k.jpg Source: https://flic.kr/p/zRPqD6
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Willem is the one who posted about it here, but the dozers are owned by the De Braal family, yes. They’ve got three D6s now
The intention is to put the armoured cab back onto this one, probably by fabricating a complete replacement and fitting it instead of the cut-down one that’s still on the vehicle now (the real one, of course, will be saved as well). |
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I agree....what a find......and not 1, but 3 CATs, sounds like the project has got very serious!
Thanks for sharing the pictures Jakko. I hope Willem will drop by to tell us more about the project and his exiting finds! Quote:
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What kind of shape is the undercarriage and track frames in?.The folks with the ACMOC might also be of some help with your machine.Very nice find
www.acmoc.org
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You don’t know the next part yet … “We’re trying to get a permit to dig a big hole in your beach”
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I’m not a real vehicle restoration expert (the 1:35 scale versions are more my thing) but they looked OK, though some of the sheet metal was rusted. The track, though, still works fine — the links moved under my weight as I stood on top of it to get into the cab. IMG_8196.jpg IMG_8194.jpg IMG_8195.jpg IMG_8224.jpg As said, though, they have two other D6s, and plan to use parts from at least one of them. Last edited by Jakko Westerbeke; 08-11-21 at 11:02. |
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