1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Great thanks. ive got a lot of white painting to do and its not my usual colour.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Very nice Harry. Great to see the original Wire-5 body married to your truck!
Also well done on the interior and exterior details.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Great thanks. ive got a lot of white painting to do and its not my usual colour.

I have used the Gillespie White from Rapco on an M113A2, and it came out very well. Relatively cheap and forgiving. But if you go for the Tremclad oil based, it can be sprayed by using laquer thinner or Acetone to thin it.

[Harry Moon]

Looking through all of this thread I still don't get the exact original layout/construction of whatever is under the battery boxes outside of the two wood supports. Metal pan above? Dimensions?

[Harry Moon]

Thanks for your help call text and pictures. Great help and thank Reg for me.

[Harry Moon]

Sitting in the wire 5 with the ceiling fan on and marvelling at the original ceiling fan working so well after I cleaned and oiled it it occurred to me that it might be 6 not 12 volt. It spins up on a fully charged battery. And idea if it’s 6 or 12 volts and if 6 would 12 hurt it?

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Harry Moon

Sitting in the wire 5 with the ceiling fan on and marvelling at the original ceiling fan working so well after I cleaned and oiled it it occurred to me that it might be 6 not 12 volt. It spins up on a fully charged battery. And idea if it’s 6 or 12 volts and if 6 would 12 hurt it?

The radio box was 12v and completely independent of the truck electrics which were 6v. The box fan, lights should all be 12v.

[Harry Moon]

Good info. Thx