Chevrolet 1542 MCP

[Charlie Down]

Hi Colin and Hanno,
That's a brilliant piece of information, clears up one of the main controversies of the 1533X2 over the years.

Slowly filling the gaps in the specification. Only need to find the bumper brackets and the fuel tank cover for the CMP seats (most LRDG trucks had a metal cover on the fuel tank that raised the rear of the fuel tank frame to allow 2 CMP seats to be fitted, possibly because supplies of bench seats ran out?).

Thank you again. Charlie

[Dave Ashby]

Hi Charlie, I’ll be up the workshop this week so will get the bumper bracket details you’re after with some accompanying photos.
Dave

[Charlie Down]

Hi Dave,
Sorry to hassle you, but have you had a chance to take the photographs of the bumper brackets and support rods yet? Any dimensions would be great too. Its one of the last pieces of information that I need to finally come up with a accurate description / specification of the 1533x2 truck and its also a very new bit of information, to me anyway!

Charlie

[Dave Ashby]

Hi Charlie, pm sent.
Cheers,
Dave

[Charlie Down]

Hi Dave,
Thanks for for getting the info, unfortunately my PM box is empty.
Cheers

Charlie

[Charlie Down]

Dave Ashby has sent me the photos of the bumper brackets and support rods with some dimensions, and asked me to post them here for everyone to see. They are the same as the Brackets on the 1533X2 LRDG truck and I will post them on the appropriate thread for the 1533X2 truck, for those looking specifically at that truck. Note the thinner near vertical rod supporting the bottom of the grill in photos 4 and 5. Thank you Dave.

Hopefully Colin Alford has some drawings of this area in one of his manuals to get more details. Also I'd be really interested in seeing the steering gear information from the Major Assemblies catalogue for the 1542/3 and 1533X2 trucks, hint!
2 more photos in the next post!

Charlie

[Charlie Down]

Last 2 images for the brackets.