"G'day Brian," *(It's AtkiPete Lynch calling from Oz) "
Bit spartan inside but what a cracker---it looks at the front rather like (or at least to Biglorryblog's untutored eyes) the Quad tractor used to pull the 25-pounder and limber. So for a pie...who made that? And does anyone have any pictures I can post up. Bob T? Richard S?
Not sure why Pete sent me this shot of its wheel..must have some significance just like those red nuts. What are those for? And while we're at it click through here to see the best pie shop in the world....
Pete goes on to say: "Those virtual pies might be OK but if you want a decent feed check out this place. http://www.thepieshed.com.au/ They have Kangaroo, Crocodile, Camel, Goat and all your regular ones." Mmmm...do they have anchovy and custard?
And where is this half-timbered hall of epicurian delight? Please share the good news with us Pete--only don't tell 'Clutchslip--he'll only wolf the lot!
undo the red nuts at your peril unless you let the wind out of the tyre first!
They hold the two halves of the wheel together.
Michael
This is a Canadian Military Pattern truck' they were made in various sizes fron 8cwt 4x2 to 3 ton 6x6 to a design by the Canadian Government. They were made by Chevrolet (as pictured) and Ford which differed slightly in detail (I think there may have been a few Dodges as well but I am not certain of that).
The red wheelnuts hold together the two piece wheel rims and were painted red as a warning that, when changing a wheel in the field only the inner ring of white nuts were to be removed.
The 25 Pounder Gun tractors were built either by Guy (Quad-Ant) or morris Commercial (C8)
Not keen on the idea of anchovy and custard, Brian but if you can find a pie shop over there who will make you one its my shout. The Pie Shed is in Canterbury road Bayswater, just down the road from one of Australia's better known truck makers. Rod S will know that one...and Clutchslip may need to pay them a visit.
The red nuts are probably holding the 2 piece rim together. If you undid them without first deflating the tyre you would end up somewhat "round faced".
Hi Brian, The dunny on wheels is a Chevrolet. Indeed the red nuts do hold the two parts of the split rim together; quite common on military vehicles - I used to have a Series 2 Land Rover with them. Main problem was breaking the bead so usual method was to drive another vehicle over the bead to break it.
The CMP trucks were known as Chev or Ford Blitz in Australia. Not sure where that name came from as their top speed was only about 30MPH. Chev units used their in line 6 but the Ford ran a flathead V8. I dont think Dodge were involved in the project.
Many features from the CMP design were incorporated into the design of the Australian Army International trucks (which later became the AACO series)
I used to drive these CMPs (which we called "quads" or "puddle-jumpers") when I was in the army many years ago. Although the Fords and Chevs looked almost identical, we drivers almost all preferred the Chevs as we thought they were much better to drive and the Fords were often referred to by another word beginning with "F".
The CMPs didn't have power dividers or differentials between the front and back axles, so driving them on hard-surfaced roads in 4WD would result in severe axle wind-up or breakage. Our instructor demonstrated this to us once by driving one around the parade ground in 4WD and then jacking up one front wheel. The wheel spun back one full revolution, the axle halfshaft had twisted a full 360 degrees.
The red painted nuts on the CMP are to indicate if there is any movement on the nuts, as these secure the rim halves together.