Unfortunately, we here in Southern Ontario salt our roads as well,
resulting in premature decay which is almost impossible to counter short
of a major strip-down to essential components. Luckily, most of the
wrecks you find in our out-lying farmland are not so much the victim of
salt, but the victim of old age and sitting outside in a wet climate.
The problem we've found with CMP's is that, once you've bead-blasted off
the rust and old paint, you find paper-thin, pitted metal which is
difficult to work with. As with Jeeps, joints are the worst, but thanks
be that the original steel was heavy, or you wouldn't even have those
classic rounded fenders to work with. Needless to say, boxes and
accessory bits are the worst. Try to find a spare tire carrier for
EITHER a Ford or Chev.
You know, the thing which bites the most is that the GM plant which made
225,000 of the damn things is only 30 miles from here; so near, and yet
so far.....
But funnily enough, a good auto-supply store can still get you
everything from pistons to master cylinders!
Long live the MV,
For it is the Ultimate Manifestation
Of Man's need to
Reclaim the Useless
>From the Witless
For the Mindless
... and have a damn fine time doing it!
Regards,
Geoff Winnington-Ball
Markham, Ontario, Canada
ex-M38A1 (3 yrs as everyday transportation)
ex-Ford F15A CMP (now THERE was a truck...)
have crewed M4A3E8 Sherman (sober and drunk)
have lived in M37 Radio Truck (mostly drunk)
have drowned M38 in river (totally sober)
have dug Universal Carrier out of 20 yrs imprisonment in muddy field
(should have been drunk)
have crossed two miles of Lake Ontario's worst weather in DUKW (now THAT
was a story..)
have eaten lunch on Tiger II in La Gleize, Belgium (ghosts in the
woods..)
...and currently have pathological NEED for restorable C15TA (point of
no return)
Islay whiskies live forever...
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