M152 Interior Layout

[JD Baillie]

Hi Jason,

Have you looked at the top two downloadable pubs provided by the kind folks at militarytrucks.ca?

http://www.militarytrucks.ca/m152.htm

I would love to have pics of your truck on my site.

Are you sure the bolt patern on the left fender is from a heater and not the C42 AMU bracket?

Cheers
JD

[Jason Ginn]

I double checked and the holes do not appear to match the pioneer tools rack. They were definitely associated with an interior mounting as you can see witness marks in the paint on the inside from the brackets they once retained.

JD you are correct the holes on the left fender appear to be from the AMU base for the 42 set. If you would like to add the images to your site please feel free to just note that the vehicle is part of the collection of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

From what I can see it appears that the truck may have had a non-standard C42 set install but it still has a enough unexplained holes on the inside of the side panels to fill the Albert Hall.

Thanks for all the help so far!

J

[JD Baillie]

Jason,

If there is any unit history available the information will go a long way to figuring out what the holes would have been made for. Pioneer racks for this truck are found in the underneath side to side storage compartment on the left side. Most of the holes I can see in your pictures look pretty standard except for the four on the driver's side. Each unit would modify the truck just about any which way but loose. But pic by pic here are my thoughts

ic 1 TA 43 holder;

Pic 2 Charging Panels and Corner "L" Table over top of the BB46 batts;

Pic 3 External Map Board?? Fold Down Table??;

Pic 4 HF Whip Antenna Mount - looks like there's a center hole inside the four bolt pattern - HF whip wouldn't have an AMU up there; and

Pic 5 Could be lots of things. But likely something like the AM-1780 intercom junction box.

C42 radios would sit on the table (missing) not be bolted to the bulhead wall... particularly where the door slides interiorly.

Did you follow the link to the C42 installation manual?

JD

[Eric B]

Hello Jason

I have a copy of the instructions for the Electronic Equipment, Radio and Line repair. modification.
Some of the holes seem to match.

The holes on the outside could be the bolting holes for the interior shelf.
This mod had two long shelves across the front and on the right side.

The left side had a tall shelf over the left wheel well.

I will try with photos in a moment.
Eric

[Eric B]

Here are the photos. i hope it works

Eric