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14-09-09, 05:18
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De-Rimming
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RHC Why is it that when you have the $$, you don't have the time, and when you have the time you don't have the $$? 
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14-09-09, 05:49
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Two for One Recovery
Bob, Rob & Grant,
Thanks guys for a fun day in the woods - it was a perfect day for scooping up CMPs. I'm glad you got them home and unloaded without incident. It is a pleasure to watch the three of you work as a team when you are doing recoveries. I hope Bob and Rob will enjoy these latest additions to their fleets. Barry Churcher and I first "found" them about 1992 when Les Fisher got a Bren Carrier from that location. Despite many follow-up calls and visits, it took until last year before I was able to get ownership of this pair. That's a long time to keep your mouth shut but there are more like this - I'm still trying to secure a 1994 "find". Although the previous owner was somewhat reluctant to sell, it is to his credit he would not allow them to be scrapped despite many opportunities. He is pleased their future is now secure with you - even if only to supply parts for a restoration. Also we owe him our gratitude for going the extra mile to get them out for us. These 2 vehicles arrived there shortly after the War and worked hard hauling logs etc and never really left the property. Rob, the steering wheel on your new HUW is no longer round because a building collapsed on it in 1962. The HUW sat outside ever since. Bob, your new CMP trailer is better than I thought it was so I hope to see a complete restoration someday soon. Rob, I think the photo with your son should be candidate for the CMP calendar next year. Cheers,  Brian 
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14-09-09, 22:36
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Ahem.....do a nut count....
Picture of the wheel shedding the tire is actually a trailer tire....hihihi
....but as mentioned the HUW rims are in very good condition. It seems the worst rusted rims we have encountered are usually the trucks that have sat on a farm..... fertilizer..manure..etc.... will rust a flat wheel in a few years..... trucks like the ones above who come from logging areas usually very sandy have minimal rust pitting on the rims..... lucky for us!!! Boob
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada
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14-09-09, 22:41
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Ain't You Supposed to be Workin?
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22-09-09, 03:42
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Sunday at the Barn
Sunday was both cool and hot. 4oC at 0800 hrs and 24oC at 1600hrs. Bob spent the morning fiddling with his C15 floor plates. I decided to clean up the 12 outer and 6 inner nuts for the four HUP rims that I had previously refurbished. After a few hours at the wire wheel, I now know the danger template for 15/16 in HUP nuts…one of the darlings worked its way out of the jaws of the vicegrips I was using to hold them to the wheel. Somewhere in the shelves is one shiny nut with a dent in it…
Following that fun, it was time to put “new to me” Michelins on the refurbished rims and then onto the HUP Prototype. The Michelins will remain on the HUP until after restoration. Prototype’s new shoes:  After lunch, Bob and I took on the removal of the run flat from the split rim mentioned last week. We had to cut the bead cords in order to separate the rubber from the rim. This took some time as the tire was reluctant to give up its hold on the rim. Finally, brute force won the day, but it was a lot of effort only to find a good deal of damage due to corrosion. The rim will be restored at a future date as it came with the Prototype. Interestingly the 1941 stamping is clear as day. The next step was to further dismantle the Huntsville HUW. Off came the POW can holder, fuel tank protector plates, running boards and supports. With the exception of the POW can holder, the take offs were in pretty good nick. The state of corrosion of the nuts required the use of grinders (when access permitted) and the hammer and chisel. I also know the danger template for 1/2inch nuts… HUW (soon to be HUP) Fuel Tank Protector Plates  Near the end of the day, Bob’s neighbor Bruce, brought his family and a lady friend by to see what was causing the racket. The young lady fell in love with the HUP and became an instant fan of CMPs. She noted that the HUP looked like a HUMMER… New CMP Fan:  At the end of the day, we cleaned up and drained a bottle of Keiths each. Some small talk about making a run down south came up. It looks like we will be raiding the Toronto area in early October – Brian G. – make sure you do an inventory…with that out of the way, we locked up the barn and headed home.
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RHC Why is it that when you have the $$, you don't have the time, and when you have the time you don't have the $$? Last edited by RHClarke; 22-09-09 at 18:28.
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22-09-09, 04:02
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Monday at the Barn!
Aaah! The joys of unemployment. Being a creature of habit, I woke up this morning primed to go to work. With the kid off to school and the wife set to go shopping, I headed to the barn for a few hours of solitude. I decided to clean up the HUW fuel tank protector plates and to dismantle the spare Prototype wheel.
The plates were an easy fix and are now hanging in the barn waiting for the paint to dry. The spare wheel turned out to be easier to dismantle than the run flat – it only took 15 minutes to remove the outer nuts and separate the split rims from the tire – without damaging the tire (which will be used as a “yard tire”). The interesting thing is that the split rims were held together by 10 nuts and bolts and two studs and bolts. For some reason someone removed the studs – the weld marks are still visible – and replaced them with bolts. Has anyone else found this kind of arrangement on CMP rims?   Upon inspection of the rim, I spotted some stampings. They looked different from the other stampings, so I got out a wire brush was surprised by what I had found.  I think the stamping reads: RF, then DUNLOP O, followed by HA 9.00 – the rest was defaced by corrosion. I am guessing that RF denotes Run Flat. I am not sure about the “0” after Dunlop, or the HA stamping. I am assuming that 9.00 refers to part of the tire size. Any thoughts?
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RHC Why is it that when you have the $$, you don't have the time, and when you have the time you don't have the $$? Last edited by RHClarke; 23-09-09 at 22:12.
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22-09-09, 18:23
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Worth saving......
Was that rim from the prototype......?
Will need to insert that half rim into the sandblasting cabinet and see if the fine medium can clean the stamping with out damaging the inscription.... then photograph for safe keeping. Just wondering..... what are the chances the bolt stud arrangement was done by GM during the protopype phase....? Is that the only rim like that? Are the bolt threads standard size or British Withworth (spelling ?) odd size. It may be worth cleaning up and saving along with the other one stamped KH 1941 maybe a very early rare 6 bolt KH wheel. Bob C.
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada
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