Restoring a Clark Airborne Bulldozer

[17thAirborne]

...besides, Its not a great day to work outside on the dozer. 46 days until I am in my workshop!

[17thAirborne]

Sorry I've been off the net lately. I am starting to pack up for the move to New Mexico. Today was: "pack the garage" day. I am going down to hahira GA to pick up a complete CA-1 that is in parts and drop stuff off in TX for Alex. On the way I am going to OK to pick up my other Clark that I have not laid eyes on yet. At one point I will have 3 CA-1s on my trailer. I'll get some photos of the progress.

[wc56daveyboy]

Hey Oz.... you wrote : "....and drop stuff off in TX for Alex"
where in TX you heading to?

You coming thru my way by chance? If youre travles take you thru Dallas, or North of Dallas, let me know.

maybe we can meet up.

Dave in Frisco,TX

[17thAirborne]

Dave,
Im going straight line east from Sweetwater area to Waco then College Station with the Dozer parts. I won't be able to make it up that far north. Trying to make the run in 2 days.

[17thAirborne]

Found an FC 182 engine for spare parts that is about 95% common with the 151. It has a magneto instead of distributor, but many other parts look identical. Since it is also 3 1/4" x 4" it has the same 133ci displacement as the 151. I will haul it to NM and see what I need for the restoration of the two CA-1s that i hope to get running. The rest of the parts can go to other FC owners. it will be several months before I know what I need, but I will post a list of what's available when I get to that point. Perhaps we can do some trading.

[17thAirborne]

Phase I: Move to New Mexico....Dozer number 1 loaded up.

[17thAirborne]

Phase II: Move to New Mexico...Dozer Number 2 in parts loaded up along with the extra Waukesha engine. You might now see them, but there are chains and ratchet binders holding down the heavy stuff. The load is secure. On Sunday we'll be on the road to OK to pick up Number 3!! No 3 will go between the parts and No 1 blade to blade. There's just enough room.

[Austringer]

Some of that stuff looks familiar My dad said that he enjoyed meeting you when you picked up the items. If I come across anything, I'll let you know. What part of NM are you heading to? Also, glad to see you picked up the 182 from Ed and that he honored the price he told me about 5 years ago. . Glad to help out and glad you were able to get everything found and loaded up.

jason

[17thAirborne]

Phase III Complete: Loaded the last CA-1 from OK and drove to NM where the 3 now sit. One more trip to GA and I will be back for good.

[17thAirborne]

Here are a few shots of No. 3 I'm still doing a lot of driving to finish the move. When I return, get settled and start the house construction I'll have a bit more time to begin tearing it down and start some more posts.







(original registration number still visible)

[17thAirborne]

Some of that stuff looks familiar My dad said that he enjoyed meeting you when you picked up the items. If I come across anything, I'll let you know. What part of NM are you heading to? Also, glad to see you picked up the 182 from Ed and that he honored the price he told me about 5 years ago. . Glad to help out and glad you were able to get everything found and loaded up.

Jason

Jason,
Thanks for the post. Sorry it took so long to answer. I've been on the road collecting CA-1's. I also enjoyed meeting your Dad. We had a fun time loading over 4000 # of Dozer parts. You were right, the mosquitoes were thick. My family and I are in the vicinity of Roswell. I hope to tear into the 182 before Christmas to see what parts are useable. Should be a lot of spares for everyone.
I got All of the parts that Alex wanted from the pile at your Dad's over to Brent Mullins in TX. Alex has a contact in Galveston who will transfer the stuff to Europe. I am glad I could help get the stuff over to him. It was good for me also as he did not need all the parts.

Cheers

oz