How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Original canvas top for the cargo box on a 15cwt.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Original canvas top for the cargo box on a 15cwt.

Great find! By the time you fit it over the hoops I would be interested to see where all the markings are positioned on the canvas.

Thanks,
Hanno

[Bob Carriere]

Looking forward to seeing it on the hoops........ can't figure out what all the straps are for.....

Cheers

[David Dunlop]

Jordan.

Once you have it installed, and checked for fit, it might be worth, as Hanno suggested, to carefully photo document and spec it out for future cloning. Not often exact, unused originals show up with all their wonderful original dimensions, markings and fittings.

Great find!

David

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Looking forward to seeing it on the hoops........ can't figure out what all the straps are for.....

Likely for rolling up the back or sides and driving with just the tarp roof in place. There will most likely be buckles on the opposite side of the strap.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I hate to be a sourpuss, but how much shrinkage has there been and will it even fit over the bows?

[Colin Alford]

Jordan,

The Dodge part number worried me but a quick flip through the T-222 (15 cwt 4 x 2) parts list shows your tarp. I have never had much interest in Dodges but i now realize that the Dodge T-222s used the standard CMP 15 cwt Cargo boxes. (I have a strong feeling that you already conducted this research).

Excellent find! I hope that there isn't any issues with shrinkage/dimensional changes due to the age of the fabric but it looks like it was stored very well to still have that paper wrapping intact after all these years.

Colin

[Jordan Baker]

It's been very well stored over the years. It's for the Dodge T-222 and as Colin says it's the same as used on the 15cwt series of trucks.

I'll do some more photos on it in the spring once it warms up.