Chevrolet C8 1940 Cab 11 restoration, The Netherlands

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Louie,

I am afraid I don't have any chassis measurements for your C15A. The MB-C1 manual just describes the technique of measuring the chassis diagonally and comparing left to right....along with the acceptable deviation. Attached are the relevant pages; I hope this helps you with your Chev.

Alex

[Louis Skebo]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Hi Louie,

I am afraid I don't have any chassis measurements for your C15A. The MB-C1 manual just describes the technique of measuring the chassis diagonally and comparing left to right....along with the acceptable deviation. Attached are the relevant pages; I hope this helps you with your Chev.

Alex

Thats great thanks!

[Alex van de Wetering]

I had been looking for a CMP toolbox for some time, when Maurice offered me one with the lid missing. So, I had to fabricate a new lid, handle, get a new latch and replace the hinges.

Hanno offered his toolbox to use as a template.
The first lid I made was around a wooden form, but sadly the lid was slightly too small. The second lid I fabricated was done using the forming tools that can be clamped in the vice. This worked OK, but this lid was too wide in one direction and too narrow in the other....even though I had made a small test piece before starting on the lid! I didn't fancy making a third one, so I cut the lid diagonally and welded it together again after lining it up with the box.

[Alex van de Wetering]

I bought hinges at the local DIY store and found a new latch at a musical instrument supplier....The latch is spot on, and presumably used for a violin or guitar case. It was so spot on, that I ended up only using the top half and re-using the original lower half. I sand blasted the plating, so paint would stick.

I decided to make a handle from a piece of tube.....maybe next time I will use a piece of sheet metal, but it was a nice experiment. I took a lot of bending, grinding and a bit of welding, but I am happy with the result.

[Alex van de Wetering]

I didn't have much luck with solid rivets, so I used a mix of roofing nails and welds to fix everything and still look close to original.

Thanks to Maurice for the box and Hanno for the template toolbox

Alex

[JoãoBoscoBarbosa]

Alex.

You have a drawing this CMP box? It's not. I drawing the box and you write the dimension for me?

[Alex van de Wetering]

João,

Sorry for not replying earlier. I have made up some plans of the toolbox that are hopefully of use to you. Please note that not all measurements are exact as it was hard to measure some things and work out the exact centre line of rivets etc.
Please let me know if you need more info.

Alex

[Alex van de Wetering]

Bob, Mike,

Thanks for your replies.

The horseshoe-shaped frame on my C8 was pretty crusty. I was lucky to find a replacement frame from a cab13. It seems the basic pressing on the 11/12cab frame is the same as cab 13....but the brace is in a different location and the open ends are cut differently (picture 2 shows cab13 top, cab11 below).
I drilled out the spot welds of the brace and welded it in the proper location for a cab11 ....than cut the ends to match the 11cab frame and swapped over the missing captive nuts.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Last bit was to make two new panels that attach to the bottom of the horseshoe and the assembly is now patiently waiting for it to be fitted to the chassis when the engine is in.

Alex