How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

David the build date is October 1944.

Yes my radiator mount had the swivel latch you mention. I’ll have to dig it out and put it back on. I forgot about it until you mentioned it. I suspect that the unknown metal part mounts on the upper right side of the radiator mount. The one mounting hole and the bump out match up to that spot. I’ll get a picture tomorrow.

As for the long splash guard. From the picture I can see why this part was tossed. You can’t access the master cylinder adjustment from below.

As for the engine. Yesterday’s issues have been resolved. I went back over and looked at the engine drawings I had from the CMA-01 Major Assemblies manual. The fuel and vacuum lines went under the water pump and then went up to the level of the hookup on the carburetor. However they took a slight bend just before where the throttle rod comes out. So I copied all this and voila everything fits.

[Jordan Baker]

I did manage to get the throttle rod to fit today. I cut out the middle of the mounting section and added two spacers to fit behind the mount. I also had to lower the holes on the bracket just a touch. However this bracket had been previously “fixed” by myself before and I put the holes too high. It’s very tight but everything does move freely. I do plan on adding a small piece to join both sides of the bracket so that neither side can pivot off of the mounting bolts. I just need to cut it to conture around the thermostat housing.

[Jordan Baker]

Today I had the brief honour of having the CMP Saviour himself down for a visit to hand deliver a much needed part.

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[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Today I had the brief honour of having the CMP Saviour himself down for a visit to hand deliver a much needed part.

Hi Jordan

I was wondering who the next Marvel Movie hero was going to be? CMP MAN. Just think of the possibilities, faster than a speeding C15, able to leap small buildings like F60S, well you get the idea.

Cheers Phil

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Jordan

I was wondering who the next Marvel Movie hero was going to be? CMP MAN. Just think of the possibilities, faster than a speeding C15, able to leap small buildings like F60S, well you get the idea.

Cheers Phil

cmpman has been my email moniker and ebay name for the last 20 years.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

cmpman has been my email moniker and ebay name for the last 20 years.

The cape and tights don't come across all that well in digital media...

[Jordan Baker]

Another major step forward today. The engine after all my work on it was fired up for the first time. Yesterday I finally got it to cough on quick start. Turns out after much head scratching that the points had oxidized from sitting for just over a year. After cleaning them I had very strong blue sparks at the plugs. Today I hooked up a fuel line and it fired right up. It’s only been run for about 10-20 seconds a couple of time since I don’t have the radiator hooked up yet.

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