C8 progress in Texas

[David DeWeese]

With the damage on the rear of the roof panel repaired, I got motivated to do the wood structure next.

Since the front wood roof structure on these cab 11/12 was known to be very weak, I made a pair of brackets from 1/8" plate steel to strengthen this area, and bolted them in. Hard to see once installed, but a lot stronger than original I would think....

Also dug around and found enough of the outer trim pieces for the roof to make it complete. All pieces came from Dodge trucks of the same vintage. With a little butt welding and....

Feels good to finally make some progress again!

Thanks, David

[Bob Carriere]

Hi David

Love how you sneaked those steel reinforcement plates. I assume you had no clearance problems.

What about the 90 degree corner at the top rear most corner.... that seems to be very weak as well..... where you not tempted to hide a steel plate behind the wood or is there no room for that....? all cab 13 have a nice L shape reinforcement in that same area......

Always watching your progress and learning at your expense.

Bob C.

[David DeWeese]

Hi Bob,

I don't think there will be any clearance issues with the plates as they are above the wood,(when the roof is inverted), and out of the way of the front angle iron piece that attaches it to the windshield frame... will find out for sure soon...

Hadn't even thought about strenghtening the rear upper pieces.

edit: After looking again at the clearances above the wood structure, it would be possible to add a continuous bracket around the entire roof wood if someone really wanted to stiffen it up...

I do figure that with about two dozen or-so bolts to line up perfectly to get this roof installed, I better leave a little wiggle-room somewhere, or I will have a fight on my hands.....

Thanks, David

[Alex van de Wetering]

David, excellent progress again and I agree with Bob on the extra metal supporting pieces for the roof....very clever.

Do you remember what Dodge those trim pieces came from?....are they the same size and shape as the cab 11/12 trim? from the bed of a Pickup or Weapons carrier maybe?

Alex

[Private_collector]

Hi David,

Good to see your progress.

The woodwork you are doing looks great, and certainly makes me grateful I am doing a cab13.

I'm even worse with wood than metal

[gordon]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

David, excellent progress again and I agree with Bob on the extra metal supporting pieces for the roof....very clever.

Do you remember what Dodge those trim pieces came from?....are they the same size and shape as the cab 11/12 trim? from the bed of a Pickup or Weapons carrier maybe?

Alex

Can't tell if it's from a pickup, panel, or ambulance / Carryall though - David didn't show the telltale door top sections

[David DeWeese]

Thanks Alex ,Tony and Gordon for the replies,

Gordon is on the money with the Dodge trim pieces....the long trim piece was from a Carryall interior and the two short ones are ambulance. Had one short original CMP piece, and it all matches except for the hole spacing.

Now I get to weld up all the little holes in them and re-drill to match the C8 roof.

Thanks again, David

[Alex van de Wetering]

Gordon, David, thanks for your reply regarding the trim pieces.....that does help in the search for cab 11/12 trim pieces.

Alex