Chevrolet c15a Progress

[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.

[Ganmain Tony]

That's the strip I'm familiar with Grant and Bob. Thanks for posting the pictures.

Perhaps the trucks assembled in the U.K. had a different type. Like the one on Paul's?