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26-06-14, 11:04
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Why on earth would I need someone to mess with the con rods & piston pins?
New pistons, new pins, new con rods with bushes insitu. Following the test shown in factory maintenence manual, everything fits perfectly. Fully expect to call for help with some task or another, but wouldn't have thought they should need to muck around with parts which fit properly already. Funny, for a job that anyone is supposed to be able to do, sure sounds like a lot of things the experts are needed for. 
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26-06-14, 12:25
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Tony, You obviously have all the bases covered. Good luck with assembling your engine.
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27-06-14, 00:18
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27-06-14, 23:54
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Is this the coolest vehicle EVER?
While searching ebay for a couple of bits, I cam across this Chevrolet truck.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1948-GMC-...22e2b8b&_uhb=1 $_57-3.jpg $_57-2.jpg I think this is about the coolest vintage vehicle I have ever seen!!! If only I were rich. Should have listened to Mother when I was young. 
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28-06-14, 02:12
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I remember many years ago watching an American TV production about 2 characters, they drove a GMC COE type truck, I tried google but couldn't find it.
There was one similar at the 'Kurri Nostalgia' festival this year, cheers Dennis 
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28-06-14, 13:32
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I thought you were a Ford man?
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28-06-14, 13:48
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There was a show that was named after the nickname for the GMC COE called "Cannonball" Is this the show you remember Dinty? Here is a YouTube clip of it ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSLoZzJ-7kc It seems to be part 1 & 2 of episode one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK_3hXBIAX4 It screened in 1958 ... Before my time  Here is what Wikipedia mentions about the series Accessed 28th of June 2014 from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_%28series%29Here are a couple of links of Lindsey Crawford's 1954 GMC COE. The first one talks about the restoration of the truck. Part 2 features it motoring stately down the highway within inside shots of the cabin in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtG6c2TdAts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnBE-cKePOQ Here is a YouTube clip of someone working through the gears. Rileydog362's notes state that it has a Detroit 6 cylinder inline 2 cycle diesel engine - transmission is 10 speed road ranger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLkrg1HFTk Rileydog362 features numerous clips of his truck in action. All clips accessed off YouTube on 28th of June 2014. One sweet sounding engine! Kind Regards Lionel
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29-06-14, 04:43
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there is a 1939 Ford Cab Over cab and chassis for sale at the Hot Rod place near the Bruce highway end of Brisbane Road Tony. It looks neat and rare as hens teeth I think.
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29-06-14, 11:27
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Hello Cliff,
Yeah, I have seen that COE cab. Does look worthy of a restoration. I have seen a photo of it in Restored Cars magazine, when it was for sale at a swap meet. I know it was sold, so I guess it was bought by our local rev head, Paul (the Gympie shop owner). Figuring he bought it for resale, he would be working on the stock market principle.......buy low, sell high. He does get some interesting vehicles there. I an actually curious about how much that cab is. Might give him a call through the week, if curiousity gets the better of me. If I remember correctly, the one in Gympie has a shorter snout that the ones Lynn posted photos of. There is something very attractive about COE vehicles. The Ford ones are nice, but at the risk of dooming the world to kaos, I do believe the Chevrolet ones catch my eye more. Saw a photo of one which was a petrol tanker, and loved em ever since. While i'm thinking of it, those modern 5th wheeler type trailers that you see elderly folk galavanting aroun in, do you need a special licence for those? Guess what I really want to understand is, at what point does a vehicle become an articulated truck which you need a truck licence for? I would give serious thought to making the CMP into an articulated vehicle if there was any way around needing another licence to drive it. Lapped in more valves this afternoon, after cleaning up the workshop. Went into town this morning for bolts to attach the engine to newly purchased stand. Only found Grade 5 bolts, so it's not attached until I can find some G8s. From memory, they are 3/8". Not very sturdy looking when you are holding a heavy engine to a stand with only 4 of the damn things. Still, they must do the job, I guess. Typical, I have stacks of G5 bolts, but when I want a few G8s nobody has em!
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Ford CMP, 115" WB,1942 (Under Restoration...still) Medium sized, half fake, artillery piece project. (The 1/4 Pounder) Last edited by Private_collector; 01-07-14 at 10:56. Reason: ohhhhhh, dont ask!
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