1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

[jaap de wit]

hi guy's as promised I have some pictures of the insullation of the inside of the radiobody.
i used glasswool panels you can buy in our do it your self shops, this works well. I put some wiring in for the lighting and so. now it is ready for the wood panels to be made and nailed on the woodframe. I have bought 3 plywood plates to make them from. this will take a lot of measurements to be taken to get it right
cheers jaap

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi Jaap,

It looks as if you're almost done. The truck looks very nice. Great job you're doing!

Cheers,

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jaap

Your progress is most impressive. Just out of curiosity what are your roof bows made out of? Back in post 141 it the picture looks like wood, but are they single pieces of wood for each bow or are they a laminate.

Interesting that you could find a good insulation to replace the original, the insulation used on my radio box was some kind of shredded paper which I discovered after removing it burned very fiercely, glad I didn't try to do any body work on the out side of the box which required heat or flame.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers Phil

[jaap de wit]

thanks marc for your reaction.
phil the bow's of the roof are made of oakwood as the whole frame is and the bow pieces are made in 2 parts with special connections screwed together to form the bow. this way it's strong and light at the same time.
on the roof part are only 2 pieces of angle iron to support the roof from bending down when you stand on the roof, but the rest is all oakwood.
I can take pictures if neaded no problem.
cheers jaap

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jaap

Sounds like the same construction as the US slide in radio shelters made for US Duce and Half, same box used, borrowed acquired, lend lease, by Canadian and Australian Armys. Side frames are solid oak. While the roof as the same two curved angle iron braces with the rest of the roof bows being made up of 1 inch wide x 1/8 thick strips steam bent and glued.

I wondered as your roof looks so straight front to rear while most of the S56 get sort of swaybacked over the years.

Again great work.

Cheers Phil

[jaap de wit]

A new skill was to be tryed out when I started on the inside of the radiobody.
after the insulation was in place it was time to carpenter the plywood panels in place this took a lot of measureing to cut ones.
it took me a whole weekend to get it right and it still can be beter I think.
I also put the angle iron bar for the radiotable on the wall and closedup all the wholes so the walls looks smooth and are ready for paint.
in the left back corner I will make a small cupboard for all kind of radioboxes and equipment they had. I only not have much pictures or so off the devide of the cupboard. so I have to make my one devideing.
thats all for now guy's
cheers jaap

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by jaap de wit

A new skill was to be tryed out when I started on the inside of the radiobody.
after the insulation was in place it was time to carpenter the plywood panels in place this took a lot of measureing to cut ones.
it took me a whole weekend to get it right and it still can be beter I think.
I also put the angle iron bar for the radiotable on the wall and closedup all the wholes so the walls looks smooth and are ready for paint.
in the left back corner I will make a small cupboard for all kind of radioboxes and equipment they had. I only not have much pictures or so off the devide of the cupboard. so I have to make my one devideing.
thats all for now guy's
cheers jaap

Jaap..
It looks so good it is a shame to paint it..how about a nice fruitwood stain with some gold leaf trim and a French polish finish..??
Then off to the Louvre with it..
It is beautiful work..