C8 progress in Texas

[Ganmain Tony]

Good luck with your repro's Bob... interested to hear what your discoveries will be.


Um......and sorry for hijacking your thread David De.

Actually... Im keen to see what your fabrication skills come up with as well..

[david moore]

Here's some more photos of my original - hopefully showing dimensions and also angle and offset of the rearward one. The flat bar piece lies parallel to the screen.The overall length of each side supprt is approx 18 ins from the top to the bottom of the "spike".

Still only one pic at a time - where's the paper clip Tony? Cant see one anywhere?

Completely by the way - my side screen has TS1-276 in red paint on it matching same ID on rear of tarp. Any idea which unit - truck was in Eastern Ontario all of war as far as I know - "training school" at CFB Kingston???

[david moore]

And the next

[david moore]

Finally - the third picture

[Bob Carriere]

I was searching in the barn this afternoon for the side curtains but could not find them...... bingo in a special plastic container in a basement room.
Will have pictures tomorrow.

Strangely one plastic window is clear and useable... the other has frosted over and the frosting is coming off as plastic flakes....completely opaque and both were stored wrapped in newspaper from Holland in the same air tight container. Pictures will show the details.

I may have to carefully remove the deteriorated plastic and resew a new section of modern vinyl using a hand awl and using the same needle holes

Now for David...... the rods are just straight flat pieces inserted in the pocket/sleeve provided...... but..... in your pictures you seem to have a 3/8 rod exposed on the top section that would be close to the roof...... am I mistaken....?

Can you measure the off set of the front leg.... seems to go from flat stock about 3/4 inch wide ( maybe 7/8 and what thickness ) welded to a round bar then welded or forged into a square section...... am I correct..... ?

On the rear rod what are the dimension/length of the rod when it leaves the flat stock to the square section.....

A very primitive design..... that could not have been very effective in pouring rain or blowing Canadian Winter....... it is no wonder that all pictures of trucks on manoeuvres or in action rarely shows the side curtain windows in place......

Pictures tomorrow.

Thanks for the priceless pictures David.

Bob

[Bob Carriere]

It seems to be the rear rod that is offset with snaps and canvas that wraps around the vertical pillar of the roof with snaps attaching to the wooden frame work.... almost acting as a canvas hinge.

The front rod is angled but other wise has no offset.....

I will get it right eventually.

Bob

[Phil Waterman]

Hi David

Bob is correct your photos add to the knowledge base of the early side curtains. There are some photos of trucks with them in use but most don't.


The picture above is from a batch of snaps taken in British Columbia from the pictures is must have been cold because most of them show the side curtains installed on all the trucks. http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/C...20Columbia.htm

Driving these trucks with the side curtains in is claustrophobic and greatly decrease the visibility.

Now the next question who is going to be first to reproduce the side curtains and take their Pat 11 or 12 out for a spin at -30C?

Cheers Phil