Posted by fixerupper on April 01, 2021 at 18:04:01 from (100.42.82.64):
This Air Force tug has been in the shop for way too long but I finally got it wrapped up. It was one day away from the scrap yard when the collector I fixed it up for rescued it. It is a 1943
Clarktor 6 model 33. It's first home was a base in Texas. After it was retired it somehow ended up close to Sioux City Ia. That is all we know about it. The engine is a Chrysler 250 flathead. The heavy 3/8" thick front grille guard was bent up somewhat and the dashboard was leaning forward a twitch. It looks to me like it hit something really hard and the driver flew into the steering wheel, pushing the dash and radiator ahead. A neighbor helped me lay the grille guard under the drawbar of a 20,000 pound tractor and we jacked down on it to get it decently straight. The back of the tractor was almost off the ground before the grille guard started straightening. Anyway, it is done now and will be living in the military building at the Albert City Threshing Show.
Partly disassembled. At this point I wasn't sure how far I was going to go with the project.
Coming back to the shop after a power washing. This thing is heavy. heavier than it looks. The rear fender assemble all one heavy cast iron chunk.
Stripped down.
The finished product. I got the pictures out of sync
The firewall before it was stripped down
The firewall after it was spruced up. The gauges are used gauges out of a military vehicle but they are not out of tug. Nobody will know the difference. The key switch and light switch combination is new. A couple of the contacts inside the switch did not line up right so part of the guts out of the old switch are in the new switch.
The engine after paint, assembled and ready to run
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