1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

[jaap de wit]

I'm back...from a short holyday in normandie.
now the wheels, springs, frame, ect, are ready, so it was time to assemble the hole lot.
first the rear springs where put on there place and then the axle and wheels are in place.
then the front springs and axle where put in place, what a site to see.

[jaap de wit]

yeeh the frame is rolling
the first importend point in the restauration.

[Ganmain Tony]

Hi Jaap

Tony from Australia. Very new to the forum, but I could not help but express my amazement and admiration at the fantastic job you're doing and the way you're recording it.

Looking forward to more pictures.

[jaap de wit]

thanks tony I do my best, but youre doing not bad youre self.
very nice film on you tube of the starting the engine.
and here are some more pictures.
after the frame was rolling I put the shocks on and the brackets for the fenders.
O yes you need a stearing wheel that whould be nice would it.

[jaap de wit]

after I had the frame rolling I could start to put in the brake lines.
but sometimes I am to strong so I broke the copper splitter blok on the rear axle but with luck dirk leegwater find one for me so I instold it.
he also find the iron brackets for the towing hook for me. the spring was a problem because the brackets where for a C15A ,to small so I made the spring myself and it was put on the frame. because I want to tow my airborne trailer witch has a jeep plug for the lights I made a plug holder myself
and put it back near the hook so you can not see it so easy.

[jaap de wit]

the only thing to do is to make 2 spring clips around the spring of the towing hook and then it's ready. thanks to dirk for finding the brackets between all his parts I tought he never find them. so now I can use my trailer again.

[jaap de wit]

now the big part of the frame is ready I star ad the transmission.
when I unbolted it from the bellhousing there came a lot of water and oil out So when I open it up I was suppriced to see that the gears where not rusted at all It only was filled up with slutch so I have some cleanup to do. So out came all the gears, axles and bearings and cleaned it all.
the bearings where still good aswell are the gears, what good luck.
So after cleaning everything go's back in and get's oiled.
Then the outside was painted (green) as the old colar was still on it.