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Old 15-01-10, 06:03
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Hey Rob - have you ever had a look at that C8 out at the Shady Oaks campground at Sydney? Might be some useable items on it for your project. I tried to charm the campground owner out of it a couple of years ago, but he didn't bite. I think it's still there, but haven't been over there since then. It wasn't like he had any plans for it, other than some notion he might stick it in the playground for the kids.
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Old 15-01-10, 16:47
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looks good Rob, still looking for wheels for ya, dont forget my need for a 20" wheel close here to me in BC
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Old 15-01-10, 22:20
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Hey Rob - have you ever had a look at that C8 out at the Shady Oaks campground at Sydney? Might be some useable items on it for your project. I tried to charm the campground owner out of it a couple of years ago, but he didn't bite. I think it's still there, but haven't been over there since then. It wasn't like he had any plans for it, other than some notion he might stick it in the playground for the kids.
I have a photo somewhere in the pile of that truck in the final phase of it's life. It moved from the campground to the town of Sydney and had an advertising sign put on the back. I recall the front bumper was modified to look like a big yellow smiley. It sat there for a year or so and then disappeared. Did it find it's way back to the campground? I have not seen hide nor hair of it for a decade or so?

When it sat right by the trans-Canada up that hill, it actually had a path worn up the hill from all the people who would walk up to look at it. It still had the side curtains on one of the doors too.
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Old 16-01-10, 01:19
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Default Thanks for the input Mark and Rob...

You Prairie Command oldtimers still surprise me with your knowledge of past wreck locations and histories. I have tried to touch base with them. Are you both convinced it was an C-8/F-8??? Darn those bloody wheel adapters! Cheers Rob
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Old 16-01-10, 01:52
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You Prairie Command oldtimers still surprise me with your knowledge of past wreck locations and histories. I have tried to touch base with them. Are you both convinced it was an C-8/F-8??? Darn those bloody wheel adapters! Cheers Rob
It was a chev, I am certain of that. And I am pretty sure it was a 8cwt as I remember another club member mentioning how hard it would be, even back then, to find tires for it.

There also used to be a C8 just outside of Regina on the no1 highway, but it seems to have moved on now. If I recall, the owner had put commercial wheels on it, and I think the adapters were laying around the back portion of the owners lot.
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Old 17-01-10, 01:41
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Default Spring like day in January find...

Following a lead on a possible C8 truck I came across this heavy find. A Transproter, 4 -Ton, Tractor FWD Auto Company Vehicle code 804444-C-Trac...Not for sale but cool... See pics... Cheers Rob
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Old 18-01-10, 01:50
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When I went to look at it, year before last, it was sitting just down the slope behind the campground office parking lot. Last time I drove by on the highway, I took a look to see if I could get a glimpse of the top of the advertising sign frame which had been welded to frame, and I think it was still there.
As Rob L notes, it is a Chev for sure: when I looked at it, it still had the engine and driveline in it. much of the cab and controls were still intact. I took a few cellphone snaps of it, which I should have a look for - not sure where I put them.
I'll be out to the dacha again next week, but I usually don't have the time or daylight to go over to Sydney for a look, even though it's all of about ten minutes out of my way. Maybe I'll swing by for another look-see, or even a chat with the Shady Oaks folks if they are around. It would be nice to retrieve the thing, even if just for safekeeping.
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Old 18-01-10, 02:05
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Default Hello Mark...

I got in touch with a gentleman named Ewan Mcleod at the campground and he said there is no army truck on his property, and thought I might have better luck at the Austin museum. I emailed him thru the campground web site. Yes it would be worth another look if in the area, thanks for the heads up. Cheers Rob
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It was a chev, I am certain of that. And I am pretty sure it was a 8cwt as I remember another club member mentioning how hard it would be, even back then, to find tires for it.

There also used to be a C8 just outside of Regina on the no1 highway, but it seems to have moved on now. If I recall, the owner had put commercial wheels on it, and I think the adapters were laying around the back portion of the owners lot.
Was that guy in Belle Plaine on the north side of the road? You jogged my memory of 'something military' parked in his yard visible to traffic. But that was more than 10 yrs ago.
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Old 05-06-10, 04:05
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Was that guy in Belle Plaine on the north side of the road? You jogged my memory of 'something military' parked in his yard visible to traffic. But that was more than 10 yrs ago.
Nope, the belle plain guy is about a mile back from the road. He has a couple cmps. The one I am talking about is at the very first house (green) on the North side of the #1 highway after you leave Regina.
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