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09-09-08, 06:01
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I am in for one......
Hi Stew
If the canvass shop will cut a better price for a bunch of them I am in for a tarp cover for my cab 11 2B1 box... I measure the two sample boxes I have and they both come out at a shade under or over 80 inches long...... depending on the bends and the rust. I have this theory that in real life when some poor very first class half a buck private when to the QM store to pick up a tarp for the motor pool..... they had one size for 15 CWT CMP trucks...... like the uniform they could be too small or too large..... but the guys made them fit. A two inch difference between the different model of boxes...divided by two... works out to one inch front and back.... factor in the bent bows.... stretch or shinkage in fabric.... war time quality control on size....... and voila... a perfect fit..... Do the original tarp arangement include a seperate front/rear piece similar to Dodge power wagons....... or am I thinking to modern....? BooBee
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada 
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09-09-08, 06:33
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The originals were all one piece. This actually causes a problem in that the canvas will shrink (and drastically) if it is left folded up for the season. I made a few of these tarps when I was back in Moosejaw, and would try and make sure they were about 3" too long. But even so, they would shrink to the point of not wanting to go back onto the superstructure.
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09-09-08, 19:10
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I hope to get to the canvas lady tomorrow to drop off some mudflaps for an Australian fellow. I will ask her: 1) how much shrinkage the (modern?) canvas gets, 2) if she has a sample of all 3 colours, 3) she can provide bulk material. Bob - you would be tarp number 10, so we might get them for less now ... Stewart
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