Ahhhh Saturday morning...

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
Just make sure I'm there to film it.

How will THAT happen??!! You seem to have forsaken us for the elite company of warbird owners... we are SO distressed!

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
How will THAT happen??!! You seem to have forsaken us for the elite company of warbird owners... we are SO distressed!

Elite? Way to go, Jif - but don't feel forsaken - the interests are broad enough to take in the whole spectrum! In fact, I did film Euan test driving the CGT if that makes you feel any better... and YOTB 2 is still happening and incorporates the Studebaker rally... it's just the inordinate amount of my time (and expensive facility time) this sort of exercise takes up... SOMETHING has to pay the bills.
P.S. thanks to everyone for being so patient - the video IS coming so in the meantime, anyone who hasn't yet seen Year of the Blitz (which is a story about the CMP in Australia as well as a little of Canada) read all about it here



Here endeth the sales pitch!

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Oh, shut up, ye fat, balding Aussie snot! We wanna see your aircraft video as much as the other! We're just damned jealous you actually get to DO this stuff!!!!!!!

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Oh, shut up, ye fat, balding Aussie snot! We wanna see your aircraft video as much as the other! We're just damned jealous you actually get to DO this stuff!!!!!!!

Knew I'd get ya with that one, Jif!!
And of course I do recognise just how fortunate I am to be able to do this stuff... and I just love to get up yer nose so to speak, you "everything you wrote about me except change Aussie for Canuck"

I'm off to film power transformers this morning, so that ought to bring me down to earth with a jolt!

[Wayne Henderson]

By far the best CMP ever made! Very nice indeed, I even like the colour. Is this the one onced owned by Peter or is it the one Keith has been hiding?

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Wayne Henderson
By far the best CMP ever made! Very nice indeed, I even like the colour. Is this the one onced owned by Peter or is it the one Keith has been hiding?

This was owned and restored in the late 80s by Bruce Wiltshire from a N.O.S. body held by Col Anderson.
I'd have to agree with you there, Wayne - this would have to be one of the nicest CMP versions - nice and roomy, and equiped with all the good bits - winch, tyre pump, 2 speed tranny case, vacuum boosted brakes.

[Wayne Henderson]

Just noticed the jungle doors, canvas or metal? This would perhaps make it a latter version. Is there any year on this truck or data plates?
Wood steering wheel, round gauges? What about the gantry and fittings.
So many questions...

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Wayne Henderson
Just noticed the jungle doors, canvas or metal? This would perhaps make it a latter version. Is there any year on this truck or data plates?
Wood steering wheel, round gauges? What about the gantry and fittings.
So many questions...

Hi Wayne
It is indeed one of the last ones and although it came from Col Anderson may in fact have been one of the Huhghes trading bodies

The front doors have been sheeted in light steel and yes, it has a wood steering wheel and round instruments as an insert to the commercial dash, although these bodies were missing the instrument panels. As a late production version it lacked the AALMG mount.

[Mike K]

I have a couple of pics of the CGT No. 9 body taken at Cols place in about 1977 . Will post the pics tomorrow .

Mike

[Mike K]

Well Euan

Here are two pics of your No. 9 body , taken in the first week of Jan 1978 at Colin Andersons place .

Of interest is the canvas doors fitted . The devices on the roof are bren carrier front guards .

I am not 100% certain, but I think either Col or Tim Vibert subsequently put this body on a C15A chassis for a while . I recall a club trip to Pucka museum in the early 80's where Col had a No. 9 CGT on the trip .

Mike

[Mike K]

The same body from the rear .

Mike

[Euan McDonald]

Thanks Mike,
You are correct that would be the body fitted. although the truck Tim did was from a second boby I think.
My No 9 was not restored until 1990, I am thinking of recovering the doors in canvas, fitting the GT larger fuel tanks & relocating the battery back to the origanal box between the seats.
Euan.

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Euan McDonald
Thanks Mike,
You are correct that would be the body fitted. although the truck Tim did was from a second boby I think.
My No 9 was not restored until 1990, I am thinking of recovering the doors in canvas, fitting the GT larger fuel tanks & relocating the battery back to the origanal box between the seats.
Euan.

Way to go, Euan - those 21 gall tanks look just right. We'll have to equip it with a set of 10.50 20 tyres for the photo session.
Can you fit a big enough battery into that small battery box?

[Euan McDonald]

Hi Keith,
The battery I would like to fit to the GT would be like the battery we use in the race cars. It's a aircraft quality dry cell 12 volt battery http://www.odysseybatteries.com/auto