2008 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

After funnelling all my options for the crop of levers that decorates the floor of my cab 11 I came to the obvious conclusion that I should stick with the original design.... or at least as close as possible.

My original cab 11 floor had both the front axle lever and a separate lever for the E brake of the winch..... however..... the E brake lever had been installed in what area was left free on the floor plate.... or about 4 inches left of where it was supposed to be.... creating a nightmare for clearances of link rods under the floor and handles in the cab. You see the previous owner when he installed the 2 speed T case elected to retain the front axle lever which is not used on a two speed set up......

Look at the old floor lay out then compare to the new one. We opted to replce the original cab 11 floor with a spare better cab 12 floor . So the new floor was cut to accommodate the special 2 speed shift tower..... and left the front axle shifter in the original place..... now we can't properly install the E brake lever unless we remove the front axle lever..... weld a patch carefully to match the dots and dash of the plate and cut a new hole for the linkage rod that goes through the floor to the bell crank below....

It will take a few separate posting to get all the pictures on the forum.

I hope the information may be useful for current and future restorations.

....and a BIG thank you to Phil Watrman who supplied me witih factual information by means of a drawing/template showing where things were supposed to be on an original C60 cab 11 with winch.

Enjoy the pictures.

Boob

The first picture shows the lever on the old floor plate.... to th eleft of the battery cable circular hole..... it should be the right of that hole...