New to the Shilo Museum:WW1 Cadillac Ambulance

[Rob Fast]

looking forward to seeing the restoration on Sunday with our Prairie Command group. Cheers Rob

[Stew Robertson]

That is an excellent restoration Rob

You left all the tell tale signs of it"s use but brought it back to Life
It was never a million dollar vehicle it was made to do a specific job and it looks like it just got off work!
That is the way it should be done
Kudos to you Rob

[rob love]

Thanks Stew. It sill looks a little too fresh for my liking. Once it gets banged around and a little dusty it should start to look the part. I still have to re-do the front roof over the driver/co-dvr, and as soon as the weather warms up a bit more I'll soak that tarp and let it dry in the sun to get the final shrinkage.

Was at the Canex just now so grabbed a copy of the ML paper. One notable difference to the online article ( http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/e...useum/j1gkjndq ) is that they changed from "Sgt (retd)" to "Mr" and shortened it up a bit. Suits me fine, but one could read into the article that I was only a reservist. I got my start there during my high school years, but once out of school it was straight to the recruiters so I could do what I loved for five to seven days a week.

Signed copies available on request

[Wayne Hingley]

Will you send a signed copy COD, or is it EFT prepay only?

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Wayne Hingley

Will you send a signed copy COD, or is it EFT prepay only?

Ah, so the mocking begins.....that's it, no signed copies for anyone.

[Dennis Cardy]

A first rate restoration Rob..a credit to you and the museum.
Thanks for making time for me when I visited in June 2016.

Dennis

[Dennis Cardy]

Have enjoyed following the restoration on the forum.

Grabbed a few shots you might find interesting ….if you match them to Rob's commentary…during June 2016.

Tried to stay out of the way when taking the shot's…as he was a very busy man at the time..

[Dennis Cardy]

You can see just how rough a problem the restoration crew had to deal with..Leather Buggy seats in final stages of disintegration .

[Dennis Cardy]

Very rough starting point

[Dennis Cardy]

Rob's posting of 29-04-16, 18:42 and other similar postings...talks about the new tailgate and rebuilding the rear box..

[rob love]

Just look at all that irregular wood grain.....sure glad I painted all that over.

[Stew Robertson]

Just like it was made the first time Rob

[Dennis Cardy]

Wish I'd had time to take more shots, but around this time Rob was working 12 hour days to get it finished..
So made it a quick visit.
The combination of nasty overhead lighting…the camera flash…and daylight through the open door made for some challenging photography. Had to use a bit of colour-tweeking to get it viewable.

[Dennis Cardy]

Wish I'd had a week to really explore the back shop…What a place.

[Dennis Cardy]

Amazing how skinny those tires are…given the load they had to carry

[rob love]

Those nasty yellow lights may soon go the way of the dodo bird. Not because they are ugly, not because they give a background noise, but because they are not energy efficient. They will soon be replaced by the snow white lights of LED.

Man, working here just keeps getting better. Today I got my big tire machine wired in, and tomorrow they will have the lathe hooked up.

[Dennis Cardy]

Good news about the lights…even better news about the Tire Machine.

A question for you..Sure is a basic dash

[Dennis Cardy]

Is the dash more or less WW1 style…..or later mod..?
For sure... not much there. Oil Pressure and engine temp..??

I assume spark advance on the steering wheel…was throttle there as well.?

[rob love]

The control panel is just an ammeter and a combination ignition and lighting switch. It is not a Cadillac item but rather a model T item that was retro fitted to this truck around the same time as the conversion. The panel is from the model years 1919-1925 I believe. There was a run of khaki paint down the back of it, so that switch was there during it's military service, whenever that might have been.