2012 at the Hammond Barn

[jason meade]

Well Bob I was really happy to be able to put a face to the name of you and Grant, Got the parts all cleaned up and installed, sure looks good now.
I thankyou very much. I trust you and Grant had an uneventful drive back.
Did you guys end up staying in Nova Scotia for the night or come back to Frederiction?

[Alex van de Wetering]

A truck load of 19 sets and parts

19 sets of what?


Looking forward to hear what you guys picked up on this trip.

Alex

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jason

We crashed in Dieppe...... logic prevailed over teenagers attitude of being immortal...... slept for 8 hours and ready for the road again..... driving awake is so much more fun and safer !!!!

Alex...... wireless 19 sets...... four of them...one very complete on wooden board...one less complete on a metal board and two more P/S and radio/variometers.... and a working 110 power supply to 12/24 volts. Oh yes... we now have a power supply that was a DND convertion to run on 110 volts..... all yet to be tested.

Sadly a lot of basic cabling is missing...... spare tubes.....C5 box...antennas or is it antennies ..... dummy antenna, etc. what really hurts in the equation is the $573 dollars of fuel.

But we had fun !!!!!

Bob

[Alex van de Wetering]

Bob,

I am jealous about the 19 sets; about 10 years ago you could get one on every street corner for a penny, but now prices have gone up and it's pretty hard to get a complete working Canadian set together....or even a dummy which looks complete....as you say, antenna's can be quite hard to find and expensive to buy.

Alex

Oh...$573 for 2500km sound like a great deal out here. We now have to pay 1,90 Euro for a litre of petrol.

Alex

[Bob Carriere]

Bottom line Alex... they don't make them anymore so you have to get them while you can.

when I was a kid there was a big argument between my Mom and my Dad..... dad had bought 50/50 with another nut/guy a dump truck load of no 19 set..... they backed up the truck in the back yard and dumped the whole load...... now $25 was good money in early 50s ....... they must have had a dozen of running sets by the end of the Summer which they sold...... Dad never said if he made any money..... and I got to play with the leftovers...hihi

Bob

[RHClarke]

Domestic chores and wrapping up a contract have kept me away from the barn for what seems to be a very long time (only three weeks or so). Bob and Grant made the marathon trip to God's country and return with a truck full of radios. Bob has some interesting plans for all of that gear. Some of us may just have to get a license and call sign in the future.

In the past few weeks the boys have been quite busy. The major project for Bob was to get rid of the 3/4 inch or so bend out of his truck's front end. The photo below shows the lengths that our Bob will go to fix something. Now some would gasp at the audacity, others will nod their heads in agreement - whatever works, works. Lo and behold! Bob's truck now has rid itself of most of the bend! Now it seems that our buddy Bob puts good faith in our tools. However, be warned and take heed - 1/4 ton rated floor stands will not hold anything much over a 1/4 ton. See photo below for results. Luckily, Bob avoided any injuries.

With the bend out of the way, Bob turned to another annoyance that had to be taken care of. What to do with the parking brake holes when you no longer have parking brake cables? Bob fabbed up some metal covers, painted them and installed them in short order. All that had to be done was pull the axles, pull the bearings, pull the drum, insert two bolts, install the cover with a dose of silcone goop, attach a set of nuts, tighten and then reinstall the drum, bearings and axles.

Of course other chores were completed in and around the barn, but nothing out of the ordinary for this time of the year.

Photos:

1- Bob explaining the need for a separate set of gloves for each side and end of the truck.
2- Roasted CMP framerail. A rare dish best served red hot.
3 - What happens when you use a floor stand that is not rated for the load.
4 - Parking brake cable holes no longer needed.
5 - The Hammond solution to those pesky parking brake holes

[RHClarke]

Grant has kept himself quite busy as well. His focus has been on the front end of his truck. Recently he painted the clip or nose of his CMP. The glossy undercoat does not do justice as it shows every small flaw in the metal. Of course Grant will fix those issues and by the time he shoots the final coat on, the truck will look like it rolled out of the factory.

Next up were the rims and tires. After sandblasting the rims, Grant primed and painted them. He then installed his new tires on the rims. The new tires look absoultely stunning mounted on his refurbished rims.

Not to be outdone, Bob too installed his new tires.

Most of us know that a lot of effort goes into a restoration. If you want to see how to fix and restore a truck to a near perfect state, drop in and have a chat with Grant.

Photos

1 - Grant's clip
2 - Grant's tires
3 - Grant's rims
4 - Grant's rims and tires
5 - Bob's truck sporting new tires