2011 at the Hammond Barn

[Phil Waterman]

At the ends is that a glob of welded steel or lead? If lead I would guess the support for the fuel tank inlet pipe.

An feeding the Herd is very important.

Cheers Phil

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

At the ends is that a glob of welded steel or lead? If lead I would guess the support for the fuel tank inlet pipe. And feeding the Herd is very important.Cheers Phil

Phil, You are correct. It is lead and these are filler neck supports for some CMP fuel tanks. Any guesses for photos one and two? Or are you letting others guess?

As for the herd, there is scarce chance that they will go unfed. Bob's outdoor cats are avid hunters as evidenced by the many rodent corpses recently found.

Cheers!

[Phil Waterman]

Not a clue, what they are not used on my version of the HUP that I can remember and as I am process of painting and reassembling my HUP I hope I'd know.

As to the feeding the Cat Pride, you only have to worry if your working under your truck and you see them gathering in the tall grass watching you.

Cheers Phil

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Not a clue, what they are not used on my version of the HUP that I can remember and as I am process of painting and reassembling my HUP I hope I'd know. As to the feeding the Cat Pride, you only have to worry if your working under your truck and you see them gathering in the tall grass watching you. Cheers Phil

Phil, Bob's cats keep a wary eye on us at all times - mostly from under cover of the woods. If we dare piss them off, they piss on our trucks...nasty animals.

As for the mystery part, it is a kick panel that fits in the rear of the HUP on the wall that separates the front cab from the van. The cut outs are for the fold down table that is affixed to the wall. In the photo you see one table leg guide with a support welded to the side wall - a post military use mod as far as I know.

I am not certain about the round holes. The smaller holes look like they match the bolt pattern on the table leg guides. The larger holes are up for debate. I have not yet fit my personnel heater but think the hole is for the feed or return line for the hot water heater.

Any other theories?

[RHClarke]

Saturday's weather was unseasonably hot. It was so warm out that the entire local population of ladybirds/ladybugs came out to enjoy the weather. There were hundreds of the annoying little beetles getting into every opening and generally distracting us from our chores. I took a photo (first attached photo) of one of the beasts but just as I pressed the shutter, one flew up my nose causing me to flinch while the camera took the shot. I lost my zeal for nature shots shortly after I dispatched the offending invader to bug heaven.

Bob spent the morning working on his welder. We swapped out the 035 wire spools for some lighter guage wire. For some reason unknown to us, the lighter wire kept bunching up at the feed rollers. Bob is investigating the cause on the Miller website, and hopefully we find the reason for the frequent snags. We went back to the 035 wire to finish up some of the welding.

Bob's neighbour stopped by to drop off a six banger engine - we are not sure if it is a 216 or a 235. Once we clean up the serial numbers we will find out for sure. Back inside the barn Grant attached the steering mechanism to his truck (second attached photo) and continued with his restoration activities. I played with my HUP window frames welding up the openings I had made to facilitate the pouring of paint into their interiors.

After lunch Bob and Grant checked out the engine of the truck that he got this summer out of Maces Bay in New Brunswick. After a bit of convincing the starter worked and the engine spun nicely. The engine was then freed from its rusty captors and set aside for some future project.

Just prior to departure, I asked the lads to lend a hand with some heavy lifting. The last photo shows the item on saw horses where it awaits some much needed attention. Any guesses as to what is under the tarp?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Guys

When I read: "Bob's neighbour stopped by to drop off a six banger engine - we are not sure if it is a 216 or a 235. Once we clean up the serial numbers we will find out for sure." I realized that Bob has arrived at the home for wayward trucks status. You know you have a reputation when people just start dropping off parts at the barn door.

Cheers Phil

[RHClarke]

Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce) was spent at the barn. The sun was out and the fall weather was fantastic. The forest around the barn was in full colour and alive with the sounds of birds and squirrels. The only way to improve on this was to torture metal and drive CMPs.

Bob arrived at the barn with a mission in mind. He wanted to build an engine stand for the motor taken out of the Maces Bay CMP. After hacking up some tube steel, he got busy welding up a respectable engine stand.

Grant continued to work on his truck and provided some much appreciated technical advice for the welder. I busied myself adding convoy lights to the rear of the HUP. After driving the HUP out of the shelter, I arranged the convoy lights on a table. I was fascinated to learn that there were a good number of variants. Some had long tubes, short tubes, springs in the long tube, plug in and blade type connectors on the the wires. It took some time to get four that looked the same and these were installed on the HUP.

The rest of the morning was spent helping Bob when needed and repairing the rust damage to the HUP rear wall kick panel. We had lunch in the thriving city of Rockland at the local Tim Hortons. There we discussed diesel technology and compared it to "hybrid" technology. We three were on the diesel side of the argument.

Back at the barn Bob continued the quest for the perfect engine stand and Grant and I got back to work on our vehicles. Since the weather was so nice, I took the HUP out for a tour of the back 40. One lesson that I had forgotten was the turning radius of the CMP is not as tight as my little Corolla's. I clipped one of Bob's CMP trailers with my pax side tire. No damage to speak of (they are CMPs afterall) but a little bruised pride.The rest of the ride was as much fun as you can have with your clothes on.

Back at the barn, Bob fired up the tractor and moved the Maces Bay frame to the back field for winter storage. After putting the hitch of the wounded trailer back up on its block, Bob headed for the house for some refreshments. Bob brought out some brews to fight off the afternoon heat. We chatted about the upcoming Acton event and made plans to find and extract a CMP from southern Ontario this month.

As was normal, the day passed all too fast and I headed back to the city for Thanksgiving with the family leaving Bob and Grant to lock up the barn until our next CMP session in Hammond. Life is good here in Canada despite the irritations. We do have things for which we can truly be thankful.

Photos:
1 - Bob and one of his engines - taking measurements
2 - Quality testing a weld job
3 - Grant getting into his work
4 - HUP rear convoy lights
5 - Thanksgiving options