Chevrolet CGT - What is this?

[kosbie]

On the step inside the rear doors of my Chevrolet CGT are sheet metal projections (hopefully see attached picture) which would appear to be designed for some sort of stowage - to hold a box of some sort? Please can anyone tell me what they were for.
Thanks
Rick Overy

[blitzkriegwarrior]

left and/or right side ?

[Walde Libera]

I have asked this question before with no responses. My 44 CGT had these on both sides,I remade them but haven't installed them as yet because I don't know what they are for?

POW cans?

They fit 3-2 gallon POW cans, but the middle one can fall away as it has no holder. So I don' think that was it, plus the FAT already has 2- 3 can POW holders under the rear back body.

303 Ammunition?

Possible but would ammunition be kept in the cab? Safety concerns?
If not, than why did they carry 25 pounder shells in the same area in the rear body? With 6 enfields stored it could be a possibility. I bought one style and have it sitting in that spot.

Need an old arty guy that still remembers what it was used for! I have asked several, no ideas.

Or?

A portable step to get in? Even for a 6 footer like me its a quite a step up to get in. They sit fairly high.

Walde

West Coast BC Canada

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

Originally Posted by Walde Libera

303 Ammunition?

Possible but would ammunition be kept in the cab? Safety concerns?
If not, than why did they carry 25 pounder shells in the same area in the rear body? With 6 enfields stored it could be a possibility. I bought one style and have it sitting in that spot.

Need an old arty guy that still remembers what it was used for! I have asked several, no ideas.
Walde

West Coast BC Canada

Here :

http://www.primeportal.net/trucks/ro...dex.php?Page=3

I found a "walk around" pictures of a quite luxurious CGT.

The .303 ammo box seems to fit a little bit better to the brackets than the P60 (I have allready bought 3 of them. Hope they fit to the doors above the rear wheels )

[Harlé Sylvain]

Hello
Interesting this picture ,it's true that 303 munitions box with 6 enfield on board it can be logic.

Where the fat an CGT trucks equiped with radios as on the picture?

[Niels V]

The p60 box fit the brackets in my cab 12 like a glove, but must try an 303 box

[Ed Storey]

The H51 Wooden Insert boxes were not manufactured until 1945, so be cautious of 'walk around' photographs showing lots of luxurious stuff attached to a restored vehicle.

[kosbie]

Originally Posted by blitzkriegwarrior

left and/or right side ?

Hi
They are on both sides
Rick

[malcolm erik bogaert]

its not the subject I know but I take it from your user name that you are in someway connected to my local regiment KOSB!cheers malcolm(once a borderer always a borderer)

[Maurice Donckers]

Yes I have these brackets as well on both sides , the P60 boxes are held in place by webbing straps attached too footman loops .
i will take pictures of the boxes fitted.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by kosbie

On the step inside the rear doors of my Chevrolet CGT are sheet metal projections (hopefully see attached picture) which would appear to be designed for some sort of stowage - to hold a box of some sort? Please can anyone tell me what they were for.
Thanks
Rick Overy

From the look of the brackets ,it looks like a holder for a .30 Caliber ammunition storage box..I had one but gave it awaay a few years ago..but measure the brackets and check against the dimensions on different web site for ammunition cans..
They are all different sizes..
Here are a couple..
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct...tNumber=490463

http://store.colemans.com/cart/ammo-...can-p-218.html

[Maurice Donckers]

These Brackets fit the P60 Box .
The P60 Box was for the Armour Piercing rounds.

[kosbie]

Originally Posted by Maurice Donckers

These Brackets fit the P60 Box .
The P60 Box was for the Armour Piercing rounds.

Thanks Maurice
I like the idea of them being for the P60 box as it makes sense having the AT shot readily to hand for emergencies. However, when I tried a couple of P60 boxes in mine they didnt quite fit - the box is about 1cm too long, so I am still not 100% sure.
Rick

[Maurice Donckers]

I got on to this, because Bart Vanderveen got a stowage diagram for the Quad , and it said behind the door AP rounds , so that is wy we thought it must be for the P60 box , it said as well that there was storage for the AP rounds above the rear wheels

[kosbie]

Originally Posted by Maurice Donckers

I got on to this, because Bart Vanderveen got a stowage diagram for the Quad , and it said behind the door AP rounds , so that is wy we thought it must be for the P60 box , it said as well that there was storage for the AP rounds above the rear wheels

Thanks Maurice. That sounds pretty convincing. Do your boxes fit completely within the brackets or do they sit up on the end of the forward bracket like mine do?
I would love to see the stowage diagram if you still have a copy
thanks
Rick