Heads Up: 1986 Chevrolet Ambulance up for auction

[Col Tigwell]

Have you consider instead of paying heaps for stripper and all the associated problems, that you use soda stripping as a clean and tidy way of seeing the finished product as it progresses.

It could be less expensive than conventual paint removal and I believe is really a good way of getting rid of multi layers of paint.

Just a thought that might help.

All the best

Col

[Wpns 421]

The soda blaster is a good media better than silica sand, I know the system quite well as i introduced the system in the CF when I was an LCMM. The latest thing in media blasting is dry ice. It strips very well and leaves absolutly no residue.
The big question how did I know it had been deployed? I have a friend in the Niagara area who sent me pictures of the same M1010 about 6 weeks before it was sold off, and he gave me the history. Create a post and some of the members serving will research it through the DND system and they will give you a real precise history.
I would really appreciate the part number for the alternator. Thanks Gilles

[Matthew Reid]

Thanks for all the input. I will look in to the soda blasting. There is an outfit in Mayerthorp that does soda blasting I will have to get in touch with them when I'm ready for strip the Van body. I may even get them to blast/strip the cab.
The plan for the van body is to pick up a Chev or GM P/U trailer ( the back half of a P/U turned in to a trailer ) they are common out here and super cheap to buy I'll mount mount the Van body on that temporarily while the truck chassis and body get restored. That way the Van body can be easily moved around. I doubt it could pulled as a trailer like for fear of it flipping over but a person could move it around at least.

I Will post on the Post War Forum for futher info on the Truck.

Matthew