How To: 1944 Chev HUW restoration

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #1 19-11-17, 21:40

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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Peter Duggan · #2 26-11-17, 02:18

Bruce,

Great looking restoration. Looking forward to your updates.

Ppeter

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #3 06-12-17, 02:52

This is what I started with many years ago.

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James P · #4 06-12-17, 12:53

Very nice to see projects come back to life and look forward to updates (and heaps of pics).

Barry Churcher · #5 06-12-17, 16:50

Bruce is this the one we helped you lift the body off in Napanee many moons ago?
Barry

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #6 06-12-17, 23:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

Bruce is this the one we helped you lift the body off in Napanee many moons ago?
Barry

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.

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #7 04-07-21, 04:45

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.

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #8 21-10-20, 01:29

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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Robert Bergeron · #9 21-10-20, 04:23

Nice looking truck there Bruce !

Hanno Spoelstra · #10 21-10-20, 07:42

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

Terry Witiuk · #11 22-10-20, 02:36

Bruce. Glad to hear that things are moving along. Still hoping to come out and have a personal look before winter is here.

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #12 22-10-20, 03:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

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.

Bob Phillips · #13 27-10-20, 02:38

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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Bruce Parker (RIP) · #14 18-07-21, 04:18

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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