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Old 11-11-18, 23:11
Bruce Parker (RIP) Bruce Parker (RIP) is offline
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Almost new 9.00x16 Dominion Royal chevron tire. Recovered from a 15cwt Chev water bowser in the Canadian arctic where it was in a vehicle dump with half a dozen WC Dodges stacked on top of it. It's almost new and I would prefer to sell to someone who wants the right tire for their spare...certainly not for running on. Asking $750.


CMP Chev dash jewel. Original but missing the threaded stud. Asking $75.

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Old 12-11-18, 07:53
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Nice find, but the shipping on that tyre would kill me!
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….recovered from a 15cwt Chev water bowser…..
I don't suppose there were any other water bowser parts there?

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Old 12-11-18, 13:17
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I don't suppose there were any other water bowser parts there?

Owen.
Actually there was. I stripped what I could and those parts made their way to someone who was restoring a water truck. Here's the tire as found. The front right tire was just as good but hopelessly pinned and crushed. This is Iqaluit at the west end of the original WW2 era runway (Crystal II) at what was then known as Frobisher Bay. I was surprised to find CMP's there. Most of the wrecks (nothing gets shipped out) were American CCKW's and Dodges with jeeps ranging from yellow MB's to air force blue M38A1's and this made sense as the base was American supplied and operated for the most part. In with the C15A water truck was a C60L and an 11 cab Ford 6x4.
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Old 12-11-18, 14:37
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Actually there was. I stripped what I could and those parts made their way to someone who was restoring a water truck. Here's the tire as found. The front right tire was just as good but hopelessly pinned and crushed. This is Iqaluit at the west end of the original WW2 era runway (Crystal II) at what was then known as Frobisher Bay. I was surprised to find CMP's there. Most of the wrecks (nothing gets shipped out) were American CCKW's and Dodges with jeeps ranging from yellow MB's to air force blue M38A1's and this made sense as the base was American supplied and operated for the most part. In with the C15A water truck was a C60L and an 11 cab Ford 6x4.
Yikes! Glad at least some of those parts were repurposed.

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Old 12-11-18, 16:41
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Bruce,

So no-one, not even your wife, questioned the purpose of you dragging an old tyre all the way from Iqaluit to Ontario? I tried to look it up on google maps but it could not work the distance or mode of transportation to get there. Another source says it is 1702 km. as the crow flies

The above is a bit tongue in cheek of course - I am sincere when I say: thanks for saving this piece of memorabilia.

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Old 12-11-18, 21:06
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Default A shame.....

with all the open space out there they couldn't simply line the vehicles up side by side neatly when they were done with them in hopes of one day somebody would want them to restore? No,they had to crush them and pile them up. What a waste!
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Old 12-11-18, 22:46
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with all the open space out there they couldn't simply line the vehicles up side by side neatly when they were done with them in hopes of one day somebody would want them to restore? No,they had to crush them and pile them up. What a waste!
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Sometimes they did (hijacking my own thread). At the Dew Line site at Cape Christian near Clyde River they just walked away and the trucks were actually lined up, including a FWD with a massive snow blower. There was a US Coast Guard short wheelbase M series 'deuce' dump that looked like you could drive it away. The Inuit had removed the bedding, kitchen supplies, etc. but the radios, furniture and even documents in the CO's desk were all there. Near the coast was a triple row of empty 55 gallon drums stacked 5 high that must have been a half mile long. I have a box full of radio valves from a storage shed (they were all in labelled bins), a fire alarm box from the main communications building and a few cups and saucers that the locals missed as souvenirs. I tried for the ubiquitous sign that said "New York 5000 miles that way" and "Moscow 4500 miles the other", etc. but it was too high up the pole and my companions were getting worried about polar bears.

The Dew Line site at Frobisher Bay reputedly dumped all their vehicles in a nearby lake but I wasn't about to go swimming to find out. Snowing in June....sheesh.
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Old 12-11-18, 23:10
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Bruce,

So no-one, not even your wife, questioned the purpose of you dragging an old tyre all the way from Iqaluit to Ontario? I tried to look it up on google maps but it could not work the distance or mode of transportation to get there. Another source says it is 1702 km. as the crow flies

The above is a bit tongue in cheek of course - I am sincere when I say: thanks for saving this piece of memorabilia.

Hanno
Yes, Mrs. Wife questioned (she does that a lot, usually with a frown). But when I had the tire removed from the rim to save shipping costs she came around. When we moved back south the tire came and the couch stayed behind. I still hear about that.
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Old 13-11-18, 01:41
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Did you try replacing the couch with a folding military cot, Bruce?

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Old 13-11-18, 03:18
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Did you try replacing the couch with a folding military cot, Bruce?

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33 years married and not a day goes by without her threatening some dire consequence due to my excesses. I'm starting to think she's bluffing!!

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Old 13-11-18, 04:00
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Who hsn't been sent out to the couch once in a while? Little do they know it's kind of a treat. Mine figured it out, so she goes to the couch.....still a treat as I can really stretch out.
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Not that I want to get too far off topic, but check out this dewline / trucking video, very interesting!
theoldmotor.com/?p=154747

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Old 13-11-18, 05:41
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33 years married and not a day goes by without her threatening some dire consequence due to my excesses. I'm starting to think she's bluffing!!

(Roses help)
Bruce just don’t let her in on the naming of your son. That one takes the cake
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Old 13-11-18, 12:52
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Yes, Mrs. Wife questioned (she does that a lot, usually with a frown). But when I had the tire removed from the rim to save shipping costs she came around. When we moved back south the tire came and the couch stayed behind. I still hear about that.
Bruce,

Glad to hear you set your priorities right. A couch is a couch and can be replaced, but a 75 year old relic cannot!

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Old 13-11-18, 13:00
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Not that I want to get too far off topic, but check out this dewline / trucking video, very interesting!
theoldmotor.com/?p=154747
Bob, thanks for posting this link. I see 6x4 tractors with only single chains, venturing into the artic.... amazing stuff!

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