Rectangle Hatch

[Marc Montgomery]

there is a small wood shop in Niagara falls that can make the bits..Owner is Manfred.-excellent with wood.....used to be located near Marineland, in a very small commercial mall and maybe still is. Cant think of the name unfortunately..but was jus down the road from Niagara Awnings

I would think that the majority of rectangular hatches were the wood/canvas type vs the hard rubber type, used mostly on earlier models.

Do not compress the roof to fit the frame.

The inside cab frame is curved to fit, but the outside angle iron frame is not and will distort the roof and looks most unprofessional.

Make the wood spacers and do them properly, with the gaskets.. Perhaps ask at antique car restorers for the window sealing tape.. the type used was very wide, much wider than typical window sealing tape. You may have to substitute, ..possibly the thin cork gasket material in bulk, cut to fit.

i may have a hatch I could sell, Id have to check, but ask around as there are many collectors in southern ontario who could probably help.

I will also check back in my files to see if I kept the plans for reproduction of the wood bits...but this will take a while.

[Joel Culliford]

That would be cool Marc if you had one for sale. Let me know. That goes for anyone who might have one for sale, please let me know.

Thanks
Joel

[Bob Carriere]

Check with Dan McCaw from Coe Hill Ontario..... he had a few at one point....

...they are not easy nor cheap when you find them..... in some cases it may be cheaper to purchase the whole rusted truck than to buy just the hatch...

Bob

[Joel Culliford]

A local gentleman who was going to restore a CMP has decided not to and is going to give it to the CMHS. With great luck it is the same make, year and body type. It will be dropped off at Port High soon for the students to use as a parts truck.

BUT...it does not have a top hatch either.

Joel

[Bob Carriere]

Can't restore a CMP truck with out spare parts.....

....grab it quick....... it may not have a hatch..... but it has bargaining power.....now you can trade parts for what you may need.....

Worst come to worst you can have a good running CMP for the Summer...something to show around..... your visibility may attact other CMP owners who needs spare parts from your parts truck..... or may notice that you need a hatch to finish your project..... when you are showing off your truck.... hang a sign..... "Hatch Wanted"......

...and shows us some pictures.....

Bob C.

[Marc Montgomery]

I checked and do in fact have a complete hatch in good shape. Interior rectangular frame, exterior frame and lid.

I MAY also have the remains of the wooden spacer that can help in recreating them..

contact me offlist viz email....I dont check the PM too often
use
convoymagazine AT yahoo dot com

[Marc Montgomery]

wow, what luck, the wood pieces for the interior cushions are still there and in good shape-they are good enough to be re-used themselves, and certainly good for repro, and I found the four pieces for the wood spacer on top which are in good shape to use as models to repro plus the exterior bars are there and the little sheet metal corner tabs!

lid and frames interior and exterior are straight- pix to come via email.