C8 progress in Texas

[jaap de wit]

david ad vintage car parts webside there is a lamp for sale that looks like yours I think. the hole it needs is 10 mm.
so if there are more people who want this lamp take a look at the webside.
cheers jaap

[Bob Carriere]

Even with a cab 12..... when the windshield...ahem I mean windscreen... is opened forward don't you still have a central pillar in place that can hold the vacuum line similar to a cab 13....?

....or is the Holden models done differently...?

Still trying to learn about CMPs..

Boob

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Even with a cab 12..... when the windshield...ahem I mean windscreen... is opened forward don't you still have a central pillar in place that can hold the vacuum line similar to a cab 13....?

....or is the Holden models done differently...?

Still trying to learn about CMPs..

Boob

There is no centre pillar on cab 12 CMP's either Chev or Ford as the hinged windscreen is one piece rather then the 2 piece cab 13 one. Holden only built cab 13 models not the 12 cab which were either imported fully built up or as complete CKD

[Max Hedges]

Bob, Cliff is on the money
Max

[Bob Carriere]

.... I will be at the barn tomorrow evening to check my two cab 12,,,,, be darn I never noticed that before.....???

Thanks for the edification...... it's all in the details...details...details

Boob

[Max Hedges]

Yá gunna hav ta come down under to old Oz so we can show ya cannucks a blitz or two and further your edumication on the finer points of these wonderful old trucks.

MaX

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by jaap de wit

david ad vintage car parts webside there is a lamp for sale that looks like yours I think. the hole it needs is 10 mm.
so if there are more people who want this lamp take a look at the webside.
cheers jaap

Can you provide a link or web site for this?

[Bob Carriere]

Hi David

Now that you raised the question, I went back and using the photoshop contrast adjustment, I have determined the following......

On the white paint labelling which I always believed to be original.....

Well the first one labelled heater says STOP on the small plate.....like mine.

The second one showing Plate.... which I think meant the light for the license plate at the rear...... I could not make out the small metal tag...

...but the last one labelled panel shows a faded INSTR on the small switch plate and is a similar 2 way switch going left or right and a central detent position....agian like mine.

I have a few other cab 11 that I can check but it is dark outside right now.

My conclusion is that the pattern shown on my cab 11 is probably original..... I would defer to Saleman Bob in Aussie land to confirm...... mind you all the Aussie switches are mounted upside down......

Boob

[jaap de wit]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Can you provide a link or web site for this?

Bruce the webside for this dashlight is www.vintagecarparts.co.uk
and I have seen it on dirk leegwater his webside www.lwdparts.com in the armoured car part.
I hope this helps.
cheers jaap

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - hadn't followed this thread to date until I received a heads up from Alex in Kalgoorlie.

Firstly David, it is good to see someone else brave enough to dissemble and refurbish a speedometer. I know what you went through, I have done at least twenty to date and each one is as difficult as the next. Had a look at the Chevs of the '40s site, very good. I notice that the speedometer decal was a "Bright Lights" one? Was that appropriate for your cluster, or should it have been a "Dim Lights" one. I ask anyone who has an original Cab 11 cluster if they would check on this aspect as I am trying to date when "Bright Lights" came in. At least I now know what a Chev Cab 11 instrument configuration looks like. Still working on the Ford variables.

Bob

[David DeWeese]

Hello Bob,
The instrument cluster I used came from a '46 model. My original was so rusted that the speedo was unreadable. Never noticed about that "dim light- bright light" difference before...
Received a serial number plate for the C8 yesterday from Dirk Leegwater,(thanks, Dirk!). Very nice!
Metal was too thick to emboss the number from the back side like original, but no one around here has the ability to do that anyway.
Pulled out one of those label makers and some aluminum tape to try my hand at putting the information on the plate myself. Worked OK, but wasn't enough room for the last digit on the engine number.
At least I can pull it all off if another option arises, plus this way I haven't permanently screwed up my plate.
Thanks, David

[Bob Carriere]

1940 Chev C15A cab 11 says..."BRIGHT LIGHTS"

I have other pcitures of HUP from Halifax with same lettering...

I also have a circa 1941 GMC that says Bright lights......

Boob

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Hotter than Hell here in Texas, but in spite of it actually made good visual progress on the truck this weekend. Only advantage to the heat is my paint dries very fast!
Pulled the truck out of it's corner of the shop for the first time in months. It's actually starting to look like a vehicle again instead of just a very interesting pile of parts.
Cut and prepared new wood strips for the floor plates and primed, painted and installed the floor plates for good. Had to trim the large floor plate to accomodate the new SM420 transmission, but removed much less material than I had expected.
One thing I am noticing is as I install more cab components, the room for the driver is going away fast! Also installed glass in the windshield frame, but can't install the frame for good as roof components have to be put on the outer windshield frame first. Next weekend for that...
Thanks, David