Reply to Otto
Calling the design of my engine bay as "horrible " is a compliment. Historically, late 30s just before the war, the British prepared the specs and then went to their colonies to see who could make them. Canada responded with a joint effort from Ford and GM to come up with a truck that they could both make with as many interchangeable parts except for the engine, axles, tranny. So hamstrung with British engineering technology of the stone age they built what I have.....one example of "horrible".......the cab is to tight, to drafty, too hot, too noisy and absolutely unserviceable withi run flats and no spare tire/wheel....... right hand drive.....and the pedals are clutch on the left, throttle in the middle and brake on the right....... and the foot well is so narrow that I can't drive it with safety boots.....
So Model 11 was produced for 9 months , April 1940 to end of Dec 40, model 12, with some minor modification in 41 to early 42......and then the British having lost most of the early new trucks when they got pushed off the continent came back with large orders by the 10s of thousands....... Ford and Chev would agree to producing the larger orders BUT only if they could modify the design to reflect combat/field results and to align better with North American production processes...so cab model 13 came about and were manufactured by the 100s of thousands for Australia, New Zealand, and lend lease for Russia. My 3/4 ton truck as a GM 3 ton rear axle is a brute to drive, weighs in at 5800 pounds, to carry a load of 15 cwt or 15 times 112 pounds..... BUT I love it.
On one side of the engine I have 1/2 inch clearance with the smaller dizzy cap of the 216 mounted on my 261...on the left side I had to remove the PCV connection on the manifold and relocate to a home made a 3/4 in. spacer between carb and manifold, drilled for the PCV, Wipers and my vacuum gauge..... leaving me with 3/4 clearance for the engine cover .....said engine cover is insulated with 1/4 ceramic felt to keep passengers from burning their right knee........ on hard runs the exhaust manifold glows a faint cherry red a mere 3/4 inch from the sheet metal engine cover..... spectacular at night....
Bob C
