Cab 11 C30 T/C
Pictured is a pic of Max Hedge's 1941 Chev Cab 11 C30 Transfer Case. This is the earliest Chev CMP that I have seen and , by David's suggestion, is probably fitted with a GM/McKinnon transfer (although with 65 years of crud on it, it's hard to find any casting marks until Max cleans it up). This Cab 11, like all other Chevs I have seen, has the two-speed shifter tower mounted to a bracket that bolts to the crossmember. What is unusual, it has the case mounts for the Ford-style shifter that mounts onto the case, BUT IS NOT DRILLED AND TAPPED FOR THIS BRACKET! It would seem that the cases were manufactured to be used by either manufacturer, and this one happened to go to Chevrolet. At some later stage, Chev cases dropped the inclusion of this bracket mount.
A less startling observation is the presence of two fill plugs on this case as well, a high one above the centre bearing cap, and a mid-height one to the left of the bearing cap. This could possibly be in David's Black and White pic, but shadow makes it hard to see the top plug. We have seen varing positions of fill plugs on different cases, but why have two different levels or volumes of oil for one case?
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