Project PHOENIX

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Looky looky

Bob

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Looky looky

Bob

You de man, or should I say you AND Colin de men!

Now add the wusty twack a lick of paint, a slab of concrete and Robert's your mother's brother!

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi guys - Colin is definitely THE MAN. I have never seen so much energy and creativity. And you ain't seen nothing yet, wait for our trading tables at Corowa.

Bob

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

What I also meant to say was that I have heard of numerous instances where the pain is still drying en. route to Corowa. This will probably be the case also.

Bob

[Tony Smith]

Bob, I hope your Pain dries up quickly and the Joy begins to flow.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Bob, I hope your Pain dries up quickly and the Joy begins to flow.

Oh yes, there's plenty of that commodity... but LMAO for the time being.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - look what is coming home tomorrow. Sorry about the quality of the image but have had a secrecy white-out. Tee Hee.

Bob

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Looky looky

Bob

looking really good Bob.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - thanks for your comments, these are exciting times. At the moment I am covered in paint dust getting rid of the old paint. I also received the National Archives file today and it is the file for this truck. Big thanks again to Ian Fawbert for locating it. Learnt three things out of the file, firstly, they should have been 42 tooth sprockets and not 43 as we counted, secondly the track tensioning was by way of a cam plate employed at the rear of the adjuster plate and thirdly track steering was incorporated by way of a three way hydraulic valve operated by a lever by the driver. I have images of these but need to scan them in. Too busy at the moment though.

Tony, we knew the problems about the oversize tyres and that the differentials needed to be rebuilt with different ratios. Too much work and where do I get 10.50x20 directional tyres from. It actually drove well with just the rear drive.

Gordon, I have a hybrid body from the truck and will use that. No money or time to muck around with a concrete block.

OK, back to the sanding.

Bob

[Snowy]

This is a terriffic project, kudos to you both. My suggestion for the 'concrete block' is to make a block-sized box from expanded polystyrene foam sheets, spray it with a coat of varnish, then a layer of stucco... voila! ...a "one ton concrete block" that you can amaze your friends with by lifting it off the back one-handed
Additionally, make a secret hinged lid in it and it could double as a super-sized esky

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

MAAAAGNIFICENT Bob.
Whats the steering like as is?
Rich

[colin morley]

Congratulations Bob and Ada. Will be great to catch up at Corowa and have painted the plintle hook ready for Corowa. regards Colin and Joy

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Snowy

My suggestion for the 'concrete block' is to make a block-sized box from expanded polystyrene foam sheets, spray it with a coat of varnish, then a layer of stucco... voila! ...a "one ton concrete block" that you can amaze your friends with by lifting it off the back one-handed


Additionally, make a secret hinged lid in it and it could double as a ......

Grand Unveiling celebration cake with a Go-Go Dancer appearing from within!

[Keith Orpin]

Bob,
I've been following this project, since it first appeared here. May I say, I am very impressed with what you and your freind, Colin have created. Restoring any CMP can and does present all sorts of challenges, but to undertake this project, based on a couple of photo's and a few sketches, in a reletively short timescale, is a credit to you both !. I would imagine that she will steel any show you attend.
you derserve it
Keith

[Snowy]

A block that size would have enough room for an esky and a go-go dancer

Having spent many, many hours investigating and calculating Weasel track geometry involving track pitch, sprocket tooth contact PCDs and whatnot, my five cents worth is, a full track-laying vehicle is not quite the same problem as a half-track laying vehicle.

To start with the correct calculations for a halftrack tyre versus halftrack sprocket, the circumference of the tyre must be known (obviously) but the sprocket diameter must be taken not at the PCD of the tooth / grouser contact point but at the outer (road) surface of the track face. That's because that amount of road distance passes around the sprocket every revolution, which of course must be ratioed to the tyre cirumference via diff or other gearing. I don't know what this distance is for carrier track but I would estimate 1/2 to 1 inch increase in radius perhaps, from the contact point to the road surface point. But I'm sure you guys already knew this

Steve.

[Paul Singleton]

WOW! Great job. To get an idea of the ratio problem you could mark the front tire and a rear sprocket with some paint and count how many revolutions the rear sprocket turns in relation to one rotation of the front tire. You may be able to change tire size on the front to improve the gearing. I am looking forward to more pictures.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Tony, we knew the problems about the oversize tyres and that the differentials needed to be rebuilt with different ratios. Too much work and where do I get 10.50x20 directional tyres from. It actually drove well with just the rear drive.

Bob

Not at all suggesting you were wrong to fit 12.00's, as they are certainly easier to source, but we could have calculated the rear sprocket size to suit and give you traction all round instead of bind up in the T/Case. So you have 43 sprockets, what diff ratios F & R? 7.16:1?