F60L Cab 12 truck

[Keith Webb]

Yes, Scrivo's Portee is a cab 13, but a fair way from Whittlesea, he's in Kerang.

And yes, the radiator is mounted on rubber both ends, pads with bolts at the bottom and just by the hoses at the top. It is not secured to the cab so they are independent to allow for flexing between chassis and cab. I think the rod on the cab 12 is for the integrity of the arch bar construction.

This pic of Tim's portee was taken several years ago in Corowa by Hugh Davis.

[Bob Carriere]

Yes the rod behind the radiator does bring a lot of support to the sagging cab 11 fenders.

I reproduced a cab 12 rod from an original and installed it on my C15a cab 11. I was surprised how it pulled the two cast steel parts together and made things fit much better.... you do need to use tapered flat head bolt/screws to allow the nose of the cab 11 to fit.

Also installed the 1/2 plate under the corners of the floor for more cab stiffeness....pirated from a cab 12.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

Could only find pictures of Chev cab 12...

I included a pic of the repro rod we made.

But even after thousands of pictures I still need more...just realized that I have no pictures of the repro rod installed....

I really think it is worth having....
Cheers