How To: Ford CMP "Blitz" miscellany

[Jacques Reed]

A follow on from a long while ago:

Some Australian CMP's carried 2-gallon foam, or Soda Acid fire extinguishers externally on a bracket at the rear of the cabin. My F15-A Battery Staff truck would have one foam extinguisher fitted. A parts truck I bought supplied the bracket but minus the retaining band. I finished the band a couple months ago and I am just awaiting some new KG3 paint from the supplier this week. I will post photos of it when painted and installed on my F15-A

A few interesting points: the anti-squeak on the bracket was held on by brass rivets similar to brake lining rivets. I could not duplicate that method because of limited rear access so settled for bifurcated rivets which was used, however, on the anti-squeak on the original Chevy band. I rolled the band with a mini roller. The over center catch and hinge was kindly supplied by Euan McDonald along with a modified Chev band. As always Ford and Chevy seem to do it differently with the location of the catch. A local welder with a heavy-duty pedestal spot welder attached the fittings that I salvaged from the band.

The extinguisher is a Foam Transport Type with the lockdown cap mechanism to prevent the two chemicals from mixing and going off when the vehicle bounced around. I will post a photo of it soon when painted and installed on my truck. My thanks to Euan, Trent McClure (who supplied photos and measurements of the catch when I thought I would have to fabricate a replica) and David Brauer who kindly supplied photos of his original band on a Chev.

Cheers,

PS: Hanno, your tip worked. I tick "remember me" when I log on. No problem now uploading photos. Often the simplest things are the solutions.