Before and After

Dirk Leegwater (RIP) · #1 31-07-06, 19:32

Two nice F8 restoring jobs from Ton Witten (Holland) and Clinton Long from England.
The small CMP trucks came from "staging yard" Castleton, Ontario, Canada.

The place to be, for LwD !!!

Congratulation Ton, a very nice job (together with your son Niels).

Excelent Clinton, but why not in Beltring a first price winner ?
I think the Dutch jury guy don't like "monkey face" CMP's.

Hanno Spoelstra · #2 31-07-06, 20:55

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Originally posted by Dirk Leegwater
Excelent Clinton, but why not in Beltring a first price winner ?
I think the Dutch jury guy don't like "monkey face" CMP's.

Watch it, eh - I like all CMPs!
Clinton got a well-deserved runner up prize in the Best Canadian class, Maurice Donckers' F15A is just unsurpassable. At least they are both Fords

No, really, these trucks were both awarded prizes also because it was their first time out at Beltring. The prizes should also be seen as an encouragement to people to bring their trucks to Beltring.

Pictured below is Clinton Long:

zemsi · #3 31-07-06, 21:18

... I haven't known that you can speeding with these little beauties ;-)

Phil Waterman · #4 01-08-06, 01:40

Always nice to see more CMPs preserved and restored. Look like great jobs. How long did the restorations take? Where did the sand tires come from and are they rated as agricultural tires or road tires? Not that speed is going to be much of an issue.

david moore · #5 01-08-06, 01:48

Nice F8 work guys!
Now to help me as I follow your good examples with my F8, can one or both of the restored F8 owners take a digital camera under the front end and show me what the shock absorbers and attachments look like?
I've sorted my rear shocks but don't know what the fronts should look like or attach to. I have a variety of shock sizes but none seem to fit at the front end.

Also, my cab 12 F8 has a bracket attached to the gearbox - for the fuel filter (missing) I believe. Is the fuel filter identical to the standard WWII variety as fitted to the jeep for example?
Thanks
David Moore
Kingston ON

mike mckinley · #6 01-08-06, 05:49

i must concur with hanno, i like all cmp's aswell, but having said that, there is something about the look of the 11/12 cab trucks that sets them apart from all others. great work guy's!! i can only hope my 12 will look as good someday

mike

Jason Ginn · #7 02-08-06, 03:37

Hello All,

Seeing the pics of the F8's has inspired me to join you folks. I've been reading this forum for a long time, but have always been a little shy to join. I have a 1940 F8 that I am currently putting back together, and am looking forward to "picking the experts brains" from time to time.

I have attempted to attach a couple of pic's of my front shocks in place on the truck. (they are transverse mounted underneath the oilpan on the rear of the front crossmember) Hopefully these images will help Mr. Moore. Please excuse the overspray in the pics I was touching up the motor and have not finished re-painting the frame.

Image #2 showing the link.

Image #3 If you require arm or link dimensions let me know.

Thanks,

Jas

Tony Smith · #8 02-08-06, 05:45

Well, that solves this riddle!

david moore · #9 02-08-06, 13:32

Jason
Many thanks for solving the mystery of the shocks location for me.
Now all I have to do is to locate a pair of those weird knuckle joints!

Your truck looks to be in good shape. Would like to see more complete pictures of it.
I'm in Eastern Ontario too (Kingston). Where's your location?
Cheers
David

Cheers
David

Jason Ginn · #10 03-08-06, 00:00

If you require the links for the shocks to the spring, Keith Summers Early Ford Parts has them in stock. Keith is located in Ottawa and has been very helpful with parts for my truck. The link appears to be a Standard 4 inch link from the commercial truck line. I called Keith to check availability but his computer was off so he didn't have a price handy. If you need to call him the shop number is 613-225-7502, but I'm sure that somebody in the Kingston area would stock them as well.

I'm in the West end of Ottawa. The old Ford is in a million pieces in the garage but I am slowly making progress on it. One thing that I am looking forward to, is actually being able to re-assemble the cab this fall. ( the sheet metal is going to the blaster next pay)
I have to buy a cowl harness to get the truck running, but i think i'm just going to buy a 1940 commercial truck repro harness in Ottawa, and make it work in the CMP. My truck was issued to the 2nd Battalion of the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles during the war so I am really anxious to be able to replicate the original door markings that I found under the (one coat of silver and two coats of red) paint.

david moore · #11 03-08-06, 01:03

Jason

Since my son lives in Ottawa I get to go there quite often - would like to call in one day to see your truck (and jeep!) more closely. I'll be at the Gatineau airfield gathering with my jeep on Saturday - maybe you'll be there?

Thanks for info on the knuckles - now that I see what they look like, I realise that there may be a pair buried in the boxes of spare parts that came with my truck ( thanks, Paul!). Otherwise I will contact your guy in Ottawa - I'm gradually finding that parts for F8's are relatively accessible once you know where to go. Last week I got UJ's from Car Quest ($16) and rear axle grease seals from Kingston Bearing ($10 each). Sandy at Tri-M in Collingwood just got me new wheel cylinders at about a third the cost of those from Mac's Antique Auto parts in NY.

My garage looks just like yours with a jeep and an F8 stripped down to the essentials - with one big exception - your F8 engine is done and mine is not!. I got a dah hraness from Dirk in Holland but will need help in rewiring since my truck was butchered in that respect.

I'm interested in your door markings - the 41-1-xxx type or the post-1943 xx-xxx type?! My truck was PWOR in Kingston. Door number is Z 70-286 Serial 21435.

Cheers
David

david moore · #12 03-08-06, 01:05

Jason
One more question- where did you get those great 900x13 tyres?
David

Jason Ginn · #13 04-08-06, 01:53

Dave,

Anytime you want to drop by, you're more than welcome. Send me a PM if your're going to be in the area.

Unfortunately i don't think i will be able to go to Gatineau on Saturday as I'm hot on the heels of a HUP that i"ve been trying to track down for a little while. It's 10 miles back in the bush on logging trails and my friends bush directions are lacking. ( yeah , you go about 5 miles down this trail and you'll come to a hill, turn left on the trail and go two or three more miles, turn left again at the lake that you can't see......) needless to say i'm bringing him with me this time.

The door markings on my truck are:

2ND BN D&H RIFLES
Z
58-004

There are the faint remains of the 40-1-?2? under the Z numbers but they are really tough to raise. The serial of my truck is 1G6543F.

One thing that I'd love to figure out is where the transition occured between the non-vented cab and the vented one. My truck has the grilles on the sides of the radiator but they have never had the sheetmetal ducting welded on the back. Also my toeboards have no openings or flaps for the fresh air vents.

If anyone has a similar configuration on their 11 Cab, or has any insight on this, i'd love to hear from them.

The directional tires came with the truck as part of the sale but they were on Bofors rims. when I get to painting the WD rims i'll finish putting them on the truck.

Thanks,

Jas