Info needed: TOOL BOX Chevrolet c15a no. 12

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Paul / Hi Grant

Yes the tool boxes of the cab 11/12 are different and more than just the top lid.

For example the top lid is slightly off set to give room when open without jamming on the cab..... and inside each corners are provision for storing two POW cans and the bracket serves as a brace for the corners.

Although easier to reproduce that the cab 13 you would need dimensions, heavy gauge steel ( 14 or at least 16 gauge) .....bending is minimal and would be for the lid and the box top along with the two corner braces.

I am currently packing up for a week of cottage holidays but upon my return on July 3rd will work with Grant to take pictures and exact measurements. Except for the lid all parts are flat steel cut to size and Mig welded at 90 degrees. A corner recess has to be cut for the gas tank filler....... as a cab 12 you may be correct to hunt for the filler necks of a cab 13 tank for ease of refilling at the local gas station. Look for a rusted cab 13 box and salvage the neck part which is usually soldered on with lead.....or keep it original as a speaking point.... Stock HD long piano hinges are readily available.

Lifting the empty tool pox is a two man job. You will need to make 4 J bolts that will allow attachment to the frame, two short wood spacers and some folded over steel that sits on the t-case flat cross member.

....unless Grant wants to start getting some measurements/pictures off the ex-Gord cab 12 in the little field...... that box is badly rusted, beyond recovery/rebuilding but a good pattern to measure from...... Grant feel free to remove it if so inclined ...... and use the tractor to lift it off the frame..... the other cab 12 that I used the cargo box did not have a tool box.....

Sorry for the time crunch......

Bob C