C15TA wireless install

[Barry Churcher]

Aerial storage on rear below doors.

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[Barry Churcher]

Why not have fenders, bins and a stylish entry step?

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[David Dunlop]

Morning Hanno.

The C15TA Mods for the Hamilcar Glider are available in the document files from the following UK Website:

royalsignals.org.uk

They are filed under Document # 2070, in both the 19-Set and 52-Set listings of wartime radio equipment. The machinists drawings are of limited use, however. They were likely originally large format white prints that have been imaged down to standard letter sized paper format. On the bright side, however, the text and photos are excellent for showing the relevant vehicle mods.

A little voice in the back of my head says that the original file for this document might have been found in the Canadian Archives in the last couple of years. If so, it might be possible to get better quality printouts of the machinists drawings from the original source.


David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

A little voice in the back of my head says that the original file for this document might have been found in the Canadian Archives in the last couple of years. If so, it might be possible to get better quality printouts of the machinists drawings from the original source.

Morning David, thanks for the reminder of where to find those files.

AFAIK these were originally found in the National Archives by Tim Bell - I have moved his posting from the thread Andre Gibeault's C15TA Restoration to the top of this thread to keep all related info in one thread.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

Why not have fenders, bins and a stylish entry step?

That's one serious step, Barry!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

Aerial storage on rear below doors.

The more you look at these sort of photos the more one sees. Like the aerial mount on the left of the hull.

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

Why not have fenders, bins and a stylish entry step?

This is Preston Isaac's C15TA, one of the examples which did not have rear side bins originally. Preston added them when he did a quick restoration for filming “The Wall”.

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[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

This is Preston Isaac's C15TA, one of the examples which did not have rear side bins originally. Preston added them when he did a quick restoration for filming “The Wall”.

Those rear fenders do look different though.....not the "fancy" angled fenders like on yours, but more simplified. Oddly enough they look similar to the ones on the Ambulance C15TA (with dinosaur step) that Barry posted!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Those rear fenders do look different though.....not the "fancy" angled fenders like on yours, but more simplified. Oddly enough they look similar to the ones on the Ambulance C15TA (with dinosaur step) that Barry posted!

That's because it is the one and the same - the mudguards were bashed in and are now (somewhat) restored.

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[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

That's because it is the one and the same - the mudguards were bashed in and are now (somewhat) restored.

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Yes......I knew that....

The black and white picture completely fooled me!
Still, the fenders look different.....like someone trimmed the sides.

[Barry Churcher]

Here is a better view of the two rear chore horses.
Barry

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