Ford 3 ton CMP

[derk derin]

Hi All,
Thanks for the great input for my learning lessons of the truck and it's history.I am now leary about opening up the transmission to see what is left of the clutch and gears but the RCEME mechanics were pretty good at maintaining their fleet of trucks I hope and gave this truck a rebuild so I have all new parts in it!( I can only hope).The truck is in running shape and the guy I bought it off had the brakes working and a new master cylinder installed so it shouldn't take alot of work to bring back to operational.The fact that it is in such good shape tells me it wasn't abused in the bush very much and you Ontario guys can tell me what year your province started to pour the salt to your roads that made them rot out so quickly? I would like to keep the original door markings and would be interested to know if they had ambulances on the base to train RCASC drivers that would let me keep the markings on the door?Anybody left around that could shed some light on the training centres vehicle lineup?I talked to Doug Weatherston about his 15 cwt with the RCASCTC markings but somehow drifted to a different subject and never finished what we were talking about.I will have to focus more next time and get the story of his truck!Thanks for all the input,it's appreciated.
Derk.