C60 cwt Signals CZMk IV

[Gordon Yeo]

I have been busy at other things this summer and haven't been working at the truck till recently. A few pictures of the van body being mounted. Between the log skidder, some pipe for rollers and loader tractor I managed to get the van body repositioned with good results.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Excellent work Gordon. Great to see this truck one step closer to the rebirth.

Alex

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Grodon

Always find it interesting the different ways people handle odd projects like putting a body on a chassis.

Rolling the body off the wagon on to the chassis on rollers is quite good, but how did you get the body on to the wagon?

As I look back on some of the ways I have done things like this in hind sight they look look like a How Not To Do It book. Got to find the pictures of how I put the radio box onto my truck, included a pair of 12 foot "I" beams as incline plane and a pair of comealongs.

Your approach looks like a slow and easy approach of just being sure to keep every thing lined up and level, well done.

Cheers Phil

[Gordon Yeo]

Phil

See page two, post #33 too see the van body coming off, log skidder and rollers. The wagon that the van body was on was slightly higher than the truck chassis, at one point the weight and balance was so good I could push the van body along without the skitter helping. The van body certainly went back onto the chassis with far less drama than I thought there would be. Having a 90HP loader tractor certainly makes a big difference on the last few inches of alignment and removing the rollers.

Gord

[Gordon Yeo]

I have most things back on the truck and only a few small details to complete. Here are a few pictures as of today. The mirror is for the cab interior rear view mirror of large John deere tracts. It is larger and wider than the original CMP mirror but is convex and does a very good job on the CMP truck. Any one interested in better pictures?

[Bob Carriere]

Wonderful job on the truck..... absolutely stunning....... one can almost hear the clapping of the screen doors on a warm Summer night.

How does it drive?????

Cheers

[Gordon Yeo]

Bob

If I ever do get the C60 out to a show it will make great caravan with screened windows and doors. Mike Cecil posted info on the van body that said the floor was coated with Dektred and it was lifting in many places. I stripped the floor to bare metal and wondered what to put down in its place. The idea I came up with might not be the original but will do. I used a two part under coating/ primer from PPG that is very durable and sprinkled sand blasting grit into it. I put down two coats of primer and sand with two coats of grey porch floor enamel paint. It gives a slip resistant surface that will be very durable.

I haven't gotten the truck licensed yet so miles traveled are minimal. I went about three miles yesterday and there was shimmy and shake in the steering. Today I went over three miles and things went much better. The old girl has sat for so long and different tires maybe things need to be run in again.

I have a transmission out of a 15 cwt in the truck and am wondering if speedometer drive unit in a 60 cwt transmission is a different gear ratio. Could the brain trust comment on that possibility?