Restoring a Clark Airborne Bulldozer

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Final shots

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I received my Generator and Voltage Regulator from Harvey Brothers yesterday. Today I am doing a little work on the finish so that it looks fairly correct when mounted. A bit of touch up paint and had to clean the spray off of the data plates.

The TM calls for the following VR: Autolite TC-4301B
I have an Autolite TC-4305A According to Harvey Brothers it should work just fine.

The TM calls for the following GEN: Autolite GBU 4209A
I have an Autolite GBU 4607 A, again it meets the specifications spelled out in the TM.

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I've got the generator ready to go. Finished the paint touch up and cleaned off the data plate and mounted the VR back on. I'm getting closer to a hook up of electrical components so I can get it running before the move. Here are the generator images. I was contemplating purchasing new data plates, but I think I will leave these as is. The one I replaced on the distributor was so obliterated it looked like a flat piece of metal with no definition. I suppose it would be nice to see the colors behind the lettering, but this will do for now.

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More photos provided by Mr. Swelnis of Clark Company.

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Final 3 provided for today

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Details on Right Side

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ideas for Painting the unit markings later in the restoration

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More markings, these from one of the CA-1s assigned to an Airborne Engineer Aviation Aviation Battalion on the ETO. I believe the 3-bar insignia were sued to designate various units by a color/bar code for loading on ships for the invasion. I'm not sure if it was for operations security or easy ID. There are numerous pieces of equipment with such markings. They range from duffel bags to trucks. I think each horizontal bar was given a color code. Anyone have any info on that?

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More markings, these from one of the CA-1s assigned to an Airborne Engineer Aviation Aviation Battalion on the ETO. I believe the 3-bar insignia were sued to designate various units by a color/bar code for loading on ships for the invasion. I'm not sure if it was for operations security or easy ID. There are numerous pieces of equipment with such markings. They range from duffel bags to trucks. I think each horizontal bar was given a color code. Anyone have any info on that?

A little off topic...

There is an excellent reference document and discussion about "Preparation for Overseas movement markings" here:

http://www.med-dept.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=603

Bill

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Found a YouTube video which shows the CA-1 in action. CLick on the link,not the image!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vteWJCSc ... creen&NR=1

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Part 2 has even more CA-1 video footage!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&featu ... _8-J55jg6w

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Bill,
That does help regarding the markings. Thanks

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The TM calls for the following VR: Autolite TC-4301B
I have an Autolite TC-4305A According to Harvey Brothers it should work just fine.

I just noticed in the TM the round metal plate under the knurled brass knob on the top should be plain metal, not painted. I suspect cadmium plated or something like that. I'll have to fix that before mounting. I suspect I have been diving into this project somewhat hastily. I think it's to be more methodical and look at each component in terms of a listing of individual part which should be listed by finish. For those of you who have ever seen a copy of "How to Restore Your Harley WLA" by Brian Palmer you will now what I mean. Each and every part is listed in terms of painted (with color), nickel plated, cadmium plated or parkerized. That would be a monumental undertaking to do all at once, but a little at a time it might be something worth while.

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Looks much better in metal finish

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While I was at it I cleaned up the oil filler tube caps.They look much better in metal finish than painted black.