1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

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I started on a small vent / outlet cab that comes on the front side of the radiobody. as you can see on the first picture it was in a bad state, so I slowly took it apart and replaced the middel part and welded it inplace.
after the thing was painted it took it's place next to the small window on the front of the body.
I also started to make the mount for the 19 set's antenna that will be placed in the middel of the front part of the roof edge.
and I have to make a mount for the 19 set "B" antenna to, I am looking for the antenna itself so if some one nows one (for not to much money) tell me please.
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Hi guy's here are some pictures of the 19 set antenna mount that made.
I bent some sheet metal to size and drilled some wholes on the right place, made a wooden spacer to be placed under the antenna.
it was screwed on the roof above the window. this mount will fit the 19 set F antenna. now I am looking for a "B" antenna to mount next to this one.
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here are some more pictures of the vent openings on the roof, they are in place now only need some paint when it is not so cold.
after this I started to make new windowframes because the old ones where not there so after some long thought I came up with a plan to make them.
first i cut 10 strips of sheetmetal 4 inch wide and 1 meter long. I have to do 3 windows. they have to be bend in a "h" shape so, step 1: I bend the long side of the h
dubble for a strong part of the frame. because the screws are going through this part. step 2: now you can bend the "U" part of the frame where the glass comes in. to stay on the right size I used a square piece of pipe in the right size to hammer the sheet metal around.
I used some hardwood parts to klemp the sheetmetal in between so the bends are getting right and not bumpy.
it takes a lot of time to make but if you can't buy you have to make it your self. in this frame I put a rubberseal and the glass fits in this rubberseal.
(see the pictures in the next thread to)
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here are some more pictures of the windowframes and the tools I used.
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hi guys, now I have done the framestrips it is time to make the windows so I cut the whole in the side of the radiobody.
I cut it a littlebit smaller than the woodframe so I can bend the sheetmetal around the wood for a nice fit.
than it was time to cut the strips to size at a angle off 45 degree to make the frame nice and square. the strips are screwed to the body. in the framestrips I placed a rubber strip where the glass fits in, so it can slide in it to (one window). the glass I had with the body was still in it's old paper and the metal sides where bad so they where replaced and glued to the glass.
se the next thread to.
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her are the pictures of the glass and the metal strips I replaced.
the glass took some time to clean them up. the strips were bend and glued to the glass just like the old ones were. this hardend glass brakes easy I know I broke one, but I am lucky to have some spare.
I did the near side so it is time for the offside now, but that the next time...
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here are some pictures of the offside of the radiobody window and the rear window, only I have to order the glass for this so this will take some time before I can finish this one. in the meantime I started to restore the blackout boxes for the small front window and the antenna outlet.
these are there to prevent light to shine to the outside of the body when working at night. there are 3 shutters for the side and back windows to.
but that is for a other time.
so for now cheers
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