the C8 I am working on

[Yeo.NT]

Here is a video of our test drive today, I do apologize if the choice of filming is not to everyone's liking

https://youtu.be/IeBxZ26ThFY

[Gordon Yeo]

Phil

I have all my fun fixing the trucks up. I let some one else drive them.

Gord

[Bob Carriere]

....love that clear glass.....not even a bug splatter!!!!!

Cheers

[Mike K]

They are nice to drive, compared to the the larger vehicles, the C8 sits on the road nicely without any nasty surprises. I've had mine up to 45mph max. You can do the math for the RPM of the engine , I think it works out at 2500 RPM at 45 MPH .

[Yeo.NT]

The second test drive we did today was with a vehicle following to gauge speed more accurately and discovered the C8 was doing 50mph with ease and still had plenty left in reserve

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Yeo.NT

The second test drive we did today was with a vehicle following to gauge speed more accurately and discovered the C8 was doing 50mph with ease and still had plenty left in reserve

The engine in my C8 has the original cast iron pistons in situ, these pistons have been known to break if stressed too much, the piston top comes off I purchased a set of aftermarket Aluminium based 216 pistons ( when the postage from USA was cheap) , but surprise , they weigh only 25% less than the cast iron type .

[Gordon Yeo]

Mike

The first thing to get thrown under the bus on my restorations is the 216 engine. The 15 cwt came with a 235 engine and was a step up in power from a 216. The C60 had no engine so a 235 was put together for it, a 261 would have been better, harder to find. The C8 came with an original 216 that was seized solid from many years of sitting. I found a really good 235 for it and am very pleased with it. The early 235 production engine was an oil splasher like the 216 but I have the later full oil pressure ones. Perhaps not the purists way of restoring to original but I don't have a 74 year old time bomb waiting to go off.

Gord

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Yeo.NT

Here is a video of our test drive today, I do apologize if the choice of filming is not to everyone's liking

https://youtu.be/IeBxZ26ThFY

Hi

Great little "drivers eyes view" of test drive enjoyed watching it, I've wondered about a GoPro camera mounted on drivers helmet or headband. Does give a different result than fixed camera.

The 235 or 261 engines do have a more useful RPM and power range in CMPs while I do agree with keeping the engines stock/original I'm a realist which is why only one my CMPS has a 216. People today are just not as tolerant of big slow trucks as the were.

Keep those videos coming.

Cheers Phil

[Gordon Yeo]

Today was wiper motor clinic and windshield installation. Neil worked through four wiper motors and now has two he can take home for his project. So when the truck goes out the next time there will be bugs on the glass Bob. I have the wiper arms but no blades yet.

[aj.lec]

Nice work . Looks great

[Alex van de Wetering]

Gordon (and Neil!), excellent work. It's great to see the C8 enjoying the company of it's bigger sisters!

I see you even managed to find a set of rare bumper jewels. Lovely!
Did you have enough material to save the original windscreen frame, or did you have to improvise?

Alex

p.s. Oh.....and good to see the wheels on in proper C8 style. The funny thing is that a few weeks ago I was helping some friends and I nearly put a Bedford MW wheel on the wrong way round.....so with the split rim nuts on the inside....like on a C8

[Gordon Yeo]

Alex

Canada is a big country with many different temperature and humidity variations. In post #2 I showed pictures of a truck cab that I brought home from the Province of Manitoba. Manitoba is very cold in the winter and very hot and dry in the summer, as a result the rust issues that Holland and Ontario deal with are far less out there. The Manitoba cab provided a dot&dash floor that had virtually no rust pitting and perfectly preserved and complete interior sheet metal. The roof and fenders needed no patching or straightening and the windshield frame was in very,very good condition. Between the Manitoba truck cab and the Ripley truck cab and chassis I had enough good parts to build the restoration. If I had not gotten the Manitoba cab I would be fighting the same corrosion problems as your restoration. After seeing what some other MLU members restore and create I seem to be only taking on the easy trucks to restore.

Does that make me lazy or shrewd?

Gord

[Mike K]

My first C8 a cab 12 , had the hooks that keep the doors slightly open. Was this a Australian mod. ? I guess it was done to improve the air flow into the cab in hot conditions. Has anybody else noticed the hooks ?