Chevrolet c15a Progress

[Ganmain Tony]

Thanks for the reply Paul.

Interesting to see the small variations in these trucks.

Looking forward to more progress pictures!

[Bob Carriere]

Will look up my roof pads tomorrow while in the barn and take pictures of the roof moulding that I have seen on original Canadian cab 11 and 12..... they are made of strips of steel held to the roof with metal round headed screws that fits into the wooden frame work. I have never been able to source the metal strips.

However, is any one as ever rebuilt the pick up box of early 1950 GM/Ford truck they use a metal strip that hold the wooden planks....strip is about 1 1/4 inch wide with a central screw that holds the wood in place.....

will renew my efforts to source the strips....... identical strips are used to hold the cardboard roof inside lining in Dodge pick up cabs circa 1947-52 power wagon stocked as a kit by Roberts Motors in Main......

Can any body else chim in on the metal strips????

[m606paz]

Factory pics

[Bob Carriere]

The metal strip on the roof is very visible......

The cut out in the angle iron of the roof/bottom rear of cab joint line is only found on cab 12 allowing and extra 5/8 of an inch of rear movement of the seat without cracking the back of the driver..... and the large hook device to hold the door open was for greater air circulation on warm days,,,,,,, these hooks started to appear on cab `12 but were also retro fitted on cab 11. In North Africa they had a better solution.......loose the door at the first opportunity for easy of egress under fire.

Bob C

[Bob Carriere]

Inside the cab 11/12 someone decided that some protection was needed for the driver/passenger's head......

What I have found is badly degreaded foam rubber. Pads are 16 1/2 inch square and approx. 1 inch thick. They seem to be covered with a very light cotton fabric and some were painted OD some black.

I have access to surplus foam abotu 1 inch thick that I will shape the edges with a sanding disc to give it the 1/4 round appearance. .... I will then coat it with rubber cement and a light cotton fabric. The finishing touch will be multi light coating of Latex water base house paint in flat black....paint needs to be reduced with regular water..... multi coats as opposed to one thick coating. I have used the same approach in reproducing backpacks and gaitors for 1812 re-enactments with good success. Finally the finished pads can be glued to the Painted roof with PolyUrethane centered above each seat.

Grant has some pictures of the roof line moulding he will be posting....

[Grant Bowker]

Attached photos of Bob's roof rim strip. I measured the hole spacing on the pictured strip (which is one of the verticals behind the door) as 2-11/16". The measurement was done between adjacent holes and I didn't think to confirm that 5 spaces were actually 5x the individual measurement... The hole spacing on the strip over the doors and across the front of the cab (all one piece) was different (from memory, closer to 3" c-c)

[Grant Bowker]

Photos of Bob's saved roof pad are attached.