C8 progress in Texas

[Bob Carriere]

Thanks David for the curtain pictures.

I believe you are correct when you say the top rod came later after some officer got wet in the rain........ the cab 12 curtains were probably improved or at least they tried to.

With a side window made of two sliding steel panel and side curtains made of canvas and plexiglass I always assumed that their intention was to save the crew from the unavoidable glass shrapnel if more than the windshield glass was used. Side tempered safety glass was only beginning to appear on the North American auto scene in the late 30s.... on the other hand laminated windshield glass.... as long as it was flat glass.... had been available for a while...in fact the remaining glass in my cab 11 had the distinctive Canadian "Duplate" trade mark and where made in Oshawa.

Now to the other David.....De Weese that is..... Yes your roof door opening has only steel corner brackets at the rear corner.... the front has an overlapping joint....very weak and would soon work loose. I will attempt to install a second flat steel angle on the side of the wood facing the cab sheet metal so it will not be visible from the inside....also use strong modern Gorilla water proof glue and dowel front the two overlapping joints using 5/16 hard wood dowels.

I will take pictures of my existing wood frame work and post for you. Typically they would be made of white ash...... careful A-S-H ...... very popular with coachbuilders of the time.

Have you considered using a 1/4 thick trailer hitch 2x2 section and large clampsssss to try to straighten out the back bow in the cab angle iron.... maybe with some heat or cut narrow 1/16 knerf in the angle and remigweld the cracks when it is straighter...?

Hang in there.... you are an inspiration to our perspiration....

Bob C