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05-04-17, 03:38
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With bending them hot we found the edges tended to curl out a bit. So I used my bend belt sander to slowly sand them down. Next up will be reeming them out so that the hinge pin slides freely.
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06-04-17, 23:40
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I tack welded on the hinge straps and did a trial fitting on the box. All is good and it fit really well. It truly is amazing all of the work that went into making these for the army back in the day.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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07-04-17, 03:33
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Amazing workmanship Jordan . You are very dedicated and talented. Thanks for posting your progress. It is inspiring and motivating. Robert
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11-04-17, 09:57
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I finished doing my basic welding on the tailgate yesterday. I decided to use the original tie down loops as they weren't in too bad of shape and would clean up just fine once sandblasted. Once I finished, all the parts were loaded up and taken for a drive to the sandblasting guy I use for the bigger stuff. Tomorrow when I pick up all the parts Ill be giving them a good coating of POR15. The plan is that once the POR is dry, Ill finish all the needed welding.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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11-04-17, 10:09
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Damn fine work, soldier!
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11-04-17, 21:36
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Nice job Jordan
Been following your tailgate progress with passion as I am about to do one for the cab 11.
Do not forget that any welding will burn off the POR coating on both sides if you get good penetration...... try to get all your welding done first........ for the reinforcement pocket use the zinc primer on the inside section ....weld them .....then POR...... As anyone ever notice that the cab 11 tail gate is the reverse of a cab 13???? On the cab 11 all the bracing and reinforcement are on the inside..... which is a pain in the butt if the tailgate is held open at 90 degrees and you sit or drag something over it...... but the cab 13 has all the reinforcement on the outside leaving a smooth inside. Unfortunately the hinge straps on the cab 11 are riveted....which implies a little more work . Cheers
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada Last edited by Bob Carriere; 11-04-17 at 21:57.
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15-04-17, 14:13
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Welding is almost done on the tailgate. Lots and lots of welding. I did discover I suffered some heat distortion even with me clamping. This happened along the top edge where the cutout is. Both sides bent in towards the box slightly. Hopefully the 10lbs sledge hammer will help them back to where they should be. Overall I am pretty happy with how this has turned out.
The next thing will be making new sides for the box. These should be a lot easier in comparison then the tailgate. Fingers crossed. 
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