2010 at the Hammond Barn

[Grant Bowker]

The annual wood gathering has started. After a day of cutting and splitting, then clearing small trees from under the power line to the barn, Bob and I were sitting on the (covered) deck having a well deserved beer when the downpour started. After a bit, while the trees were blowing around crazily we heard a splintering sound as of a tree being blown over. We weren't inclined to investigate since we were dry and had no great desire to change that. Next day Bob did a survey and found a chunk of a tree had been ripped of and was on top of the shelter containing "Ted's truck". I haven't seen it but Bob's description is that there has been no damage to anything except the tree and his nerves. The broken part has been removed from the shelter's roof, now we will brobably have to take down the rest of that tree.
On a local news note, Mik'e place has burned to the ground. No, not Mike Calnan but Mike the finest (only) restauranteur of Hammond. See: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/stor...mond-fire.html or http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loca...805?hub=Ottawa for details. Otherwise, I've been killing a lot of brain cells trying to figure out how much (or little) the C60X has in common with other chev CMPs. If you want a challenge...try to find a source for replacement master cylinders for a C60X, they make HUP parts look easy to source. They are desribed as being a Lockheed box type master cylinder, bore 1-3/4". They seem to be a mirror image of the cylinders used on early CCKWX, some AFKWX, likely early AFKW, possibly early CCKW and Studebaker US6 and US6x4. I haven't been able to figure out whether the symetry is enough that one of the LHD version could be swapped over tho RHD configuration. My brain hurts.